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Export Pricing Behavior of Manufactuting : U.S.-Japan Comparison

International Monetary Fund - 1988

manufacturers is compared. Major export industries in Japan have higher productivity growth and lower pass-through coefficients than …

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Net Foreign Assets and International Adjustment in the United States, Japan and the Federal Republic of Germany

International Monetary Fund - 1989

This paper examines external adjustment in the U.S., Japan and Germany from the perspective of net foreign asset …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396281

Why has Japan been hit so hard by the global recession?

Sommer, Martin - 2009

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003914439

Trade and Investment Performance Under Floating Exchange Rates : The U.S. Experience

International Monetary Fund - 1988

Contrary to the arguments of several scholars, we have failed to find either a conclusive theoretical case or clear empirical evidence of an effect, harmful or otherwise, of exchange rate variability (as measured by either short-term volatility or long-run misalignment) on overall levels of...

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Economic Structure, the Exchange Rate and Adjustment in the Federal Republic of Germany : A General Equilibrium Approach

International Monetary Fund - 1988

This paper traces the effects of an appreciation of the deutsche mark with the help of a computable general equilibrium model under alternative structural policy scenarios. In the first scenario, characterized by severe structural rigidities, the contractionary effects of exchange rate...

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Exchange Rate Fluctuations, Pass-Through, and Market Share

International Monetary Fund - 1989

When the exchange rate fluctuates and the market exhibits hysteresis, planning horizons of domestic and foreign competitors will matter in determining pass-through as well as relative market shares of these firms. Using the Cournot duopoly model, it is shown that if the foreign exporter is a...

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External Adjustment and the Strong Yen : Recent Japanese Experience

International Monetary Fund - 1988

The parameters of a conventional model of Japan’s current account were found to be stable in the period of the steeply … rising yen between the fourth quarter of 1985 and the end of 1987. This suggests that Japan’s current account has been … that the rise in the yen has already made a substantial contribution to correcting Japan’s external imbalance …

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Inflation Differentials in the EU : A Common ( Factors ) Approach with Implications for EU8 Euro Adoption Prospects

International Monetary Fund - 2008

This paper explores inflation determinants within the EU and implications for new members'' euro adoption plans. Factor analysis partitions observed inflation in EU25 countries into common-origin and country-specific (idiosyncratic) components. Cross-country differences in common-origin...

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Contacts, Credibility and Common Knowledge : Their Influenceon Inflation Convergence

International Monetary Fund - 1989

This paper explains why sovereign issuers of reserve currencies do not use unexpected inflation to repudiate their foreign liabilities. Monetary restraint is exercised because of the fear that reserve users will switch to other currencies if an attempt is made to raise “excessive” revenue....

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Export and Import Price Index Manual : Theory and Practice

International Monetary Fund - 2009

A joint production by six international organizations, this manual explores the conceptual and theoretical issues that national statistical offices should consider in the daily compilation of export and import price indices. Intended for use by both developed and developing countries, it...

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