This paper studies the dynamic structural relationship between the trade balance and the terms of trade by means of a time-scale decomposition. Our analysis is carried out using data obtained from ten developed economies; Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Norway, Switzerland, the...

The article analyses the impact of exchange rate changes on German export and import prices. The analytical framework is a mark-up model which is based on the assumption that the markets under consideration are imperfectly competitive as well as segmented. Hence, firms will no longer set prices...

The removal of the lower bound on the EUR/CHF exchange rate in January 2015 provides a unique setting to study the implications of a large and sudden appreciation in an otherwise stable macroeconomic environment. Using transaction-level data on non-durable goods purchases by Swiss consumers, we...