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non-cooperative policies within a single framework. First, we compare the elasticity of trade flows to import tariffs and … in import tariffs by 1 percentage point reduces imports by around 1.4 percent. Hence the two instruments are not …
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This paper investigates whether exchange rate pass-through (ERPT) into import prices is a nonlinear phenomenon for five … of confidence during the recent sovereign debt crisis has entailed higher sensitivity of import prices to exchange rate … beyond this threshold level, the sensitivity of import prices becomes higher and reaches full ERPT. Our findings raise the …
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United Kingdom. Our identification strategy uses input-output linkages to account for heterogeneity in exposure to import … import shares in consumer expenditure. This effect is driven by both direct consumption of imported goods and the use of … imported inputs in domestic production. Our results are consistent with complete pass-through of import costs to consumer …
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We explore whether the global financial crisis has had heterogeneous effects on traded goods differentiated by quality. Combining a dataset of Argentinean firm-level destination-specific wine exports with quality ratings, we show that higher quality exports grew faster before the crisis, but...
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We investigate the empirical impact of violence as compared to other trade impediments on trade flows. Our analysis is based on a panel data set with annual observations on 177 countries from 1968 to 1999, which brings together information from the Rose [2004] dataset, the ITERATE dataset for...
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empirical results indicate that the long-run import pass-through has indeed declined significantly. As a result, the …
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The paper uses a small open economy general-equilibrium model to compare fiscal and nominal exchange rate devaluation with respect to their impact on economic activity and the current account. In particular, it investigates to which extent fiscal devaluation mimics nominal exchange rate...
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The high-frequency analysis of foreign exchange dynamics is helpful in order to better identify the impact of central bank interventions. Evidence robustly shows that interventions do indeed move the exchange rate level in the desired direction. Interventions increase volatility in the short run...
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