Has pass-through to export prices risen? Evidence for Japan
This paper investigates the exchange rate response of Japanese export prices over the period 1980 through 2007 using sector-specific measures of the yen's value relative to invoicing currencies. It finds a significant increase in the response of total export prices to the yen in the late 1990s. The rise in the total export price response is traced to increases in the exchange rate response of two key export sectors. These findings for Japanese exports are consistent with the documented decline in pass-through to OECD import prices and suggest the latter could originate with changes in export pricing behavior.
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2010
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Authors: | Ceglowski, Janet |
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Journal of the Japanese and International Economies. - Elsevier, ISSN 0889-1583. - Vol. 24.2010, 1, p. 86-98
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | Pass-through Export prices Exchange rate Japan |
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