Recently a number of authors have criticized the role of devaluations in traditional stabilization programs. It has been argued that, contrary to the traditional view, devaluations are contractionary, and generate a decline in aggregate output. In spite of the renewed theoretical interest in the...

We use detailed data for Iceland to examine two often-neglected aspects of the "exchange rate pass-through" problem. First, we investigate whether the pass-through coefficient varies with the degree of "international tradability" of goods. Second, we analyze if the pass-through coefficient...