Prices and exchange rates: A theory of disconnect

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1135-1177

  Rodríguez López, José Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous markups; Exchange rate pass through; Expenditure switching effect; Heterogeneous firms

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMIC THEORY; EXCHANGE RATE; EXPENDITURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICE DYNAMICS; PRODUCTIVITY; TRADE FLOW;

EID: 84255170647     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/restud/rdq031     Document Type: Article

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