Pricing to Market when the Exchange Rate Changes / Paul Krugman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krugman, Paul.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w1926.

NBER working paper series no. w1926

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign exchange rates.

Imports--Prices--United States.

Imports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1986.

Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1986.

Summary:

It has been widely remarked that US import prices have not fully reflected movements in the exchange rate. This paper begins with an investigation of the actual extent of "pricing to market" by foreign suppliers. It shows that pricing to market is a real phenomenon, but not universal; in particular, evidence on German export prices suggests that stickiness of import prices is largely confined to machinery and transport equipment. The paper then considers a number of possible models. While the evidence is not sufficient to distinguish among thesemodels, it seems probable that a full explanation will involve both dynamics and imperfect competition.

Notes:

Print version record

May 1986.