On the determinants of exporters' currency pricing: History vs. expectations

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 548-568

  Fukuda, Shin ichi ^a   Ono, Masanori ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Fukushima Medical University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Export price; Invoice currency; Monopolistic competition; Staggered price

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751396894     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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