The effect of macroeconomic variable towards purchasing power parity: Evidence of Japan / Nur Syaza Syahirah Johari

Johari, Nur Syaza Syahirah (2018) The effect of macroeconomic variable towards purchasing power parity: Evidence of Japan / Nur Syaza Syahirah Johari. [Student Project] (Unpublished)

Abstract

Purchasing power parity implies that a person should be able to buy the same goods in different country with the same amount of common currency, once it is converted. Generally purchasing power parity closely involves with a foreign exchange rate of the country and the national price level for that foreign country. The purpose of this research is to examine the impact of macroeconomic variable towards purchasing power parity. The macroeconomic variables include gross domestic product, real exchange rate and inflation rate. There are numerous findings found that there is positive relationship between gross domestic product and inflation rate with purchasing power parity. However, some papers found a negative relationship between real exchange rate and purchasing power parity. Thus, this topic is heatedly debated across time, does macroeconomic variable affect purchasing power parity? This research was carried out to examine the impact of macroeconomic variables towards purchasing power parity in Japan. This research was done for period of 1980 to 2016, by extracting the data from World Bank data with a total observation of 37 years. The independent variable to measure purchasing power parity include gross domestic product, real exchange rate and inflation rate. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive means, correlation analysis and multiple linear regressions via E-Views. Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) method was used in this research to examine the relationship between macroeconomic variables and purchasing power parity.

Metadata

Item Type: Student Project
Creators:
Creators
Email / ID Num.
Johari, Nur Syaza Syahirah
2015110261
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HG Finance > Money > Money and prices. Inflation. Deflation. Purchasing power
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Johor > Segamat Campus > Faculty of Business and Management
Programme: Bachelor of Business Administrations ( Finance )
Keywords: Purchasing Power Parity, Real Exchange Rate, Inflation Rate, UiTM Cawangan Johor
Date: 2018
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/31606
Edit Item
Edit Item

Download

[thumbnail of PPb_NUR SYAZA SYAHIRAH JOHARI BM J 18_5.pdf] Text
PPb_NUR SYAZA SYAHIRAH JOHARI BM J 18_5.pdf

Download (205kB)

Digital Copy

Digital (fulltext) is available at:

Physical Copy

Physical status and holdings:
Item Status:

ID Number

31606

Indexing

Statistic

Statistic details