Import competition from China is pervasive in the sense that for many good categories, the competitive environment that …. This paper quantifies the effect of the government-controlled appreciation of the Chinese renminbi vis-à-vis the USD from … mild effects on US prices. Further analysis points to the importance of trade integration, variable markups, and demand …

prices, productivity levels and markups as functions of openness to trade at a sectoral level. The theory lends itself … evidence that trade openness exerts a competitive effect, with prices and markups falling and productivity rising. Consistent …

, China has been backed into a situation where the renminbi is expected to go ever higher against the dollar, and this one … inflation, particularly in the 1970s, and the choice of an exchange rate regime consistent with domestic monetary and fiscal … policies. Although seemingly narrowly focused on China, our contribution to Alexander's fete straddles both themes. Since 2004 …

networks. Starting with country-level data, we find that both producer price and consumer price inflation rates move more …

In this paper we explore the link between the intensity of product market competition and inflation rates across EU … countries and sectors. We consider long-term averages of inflation rates in order to remove the cyclical behavior of inflation … product market competition, as proxied by the level of mark-up in particular, is an important driver of inflation …

Since 2004, China has been backed into a situation where the renminbi is expected to go ever higher against the dollar ….S. dollar, the resulting monetary explosion in China contributes to the worldwide increase in primary commodity priceswith … excess liquidity reminiscent of the global inflation generated by the weak dollar in the 1970s. …