In which currency should exporters set their prices?

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-76

  Friberg, Richard ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Exchange rate fluctuations; F14; F23; Invoicing; Pricing of exports

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003377355     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(97)00035-4     Document Type: Article

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