Quality, Trade, and Exchange Rate Pass-Through /

This paper investigates theoretically and empirically the heterogeneous response of exporters to real exchange rate fluctuations due to product quality. Our model shows that the elasticity of demand perceived by exporters decreases with a real depreciation and with quality, leading to more pricing-t...

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Main Author: Chen, Natalie
Other Authors: Juvenal, Luciana
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2014/042
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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