Why do consumer prices react less than import prices to exchange rates?

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 1, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 662-670

  Bacchetta, Philippe ^a   van Wincoop, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 8744302666     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/154247603322391297     Document Type: Article

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