This paper examines exchange rate pass-through in the euro area by accounting for the impact of exchange rate changes on exporting firms' market power, cost structure and competitiveness. An international oligopoly model where exporting firms simultaneously decide on their pricing and innovation...

The present paper exploits the idea that empirical estimates of the long-run PPP relationship may compound two distinct influences coming from the behavior of market participants and policy makers when the latter are targeting the exchange rate. This tends to bias tests of long-run PPP against...