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Exchange rate pass-through to domestic producer prices: Evidence from Korean firm-level pricing survey

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  • Ahn, JaeBin
  • Park, Chang-Gui

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This note studies exchange rate pass-through to the prices of domestically produced goods, exploring the firm-level pricing survey conducted by the Bank of Korea. The data reveal the imported inputs channel of, as well as nonlinear and asymmetric, exchange rate-pass-through.

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  • Ahn, JaeBin & Park, Chang-Gui, 2014. "Exchange rate pass-through to domestic producer prices: Evidence from Korean firm-level pricing survey," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 125(1), pages 138-142.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:125:y:2014:i:1:p:138-142
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.05.022
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    Keywords

    Exchange rate pass-through; Imported-inputs channel; Nonlinearity; Asymmetry;
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    JEL classification:

    • E3 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles
    • F1 - International Economics - - Trade
    • F3 - International Economics - - International Finance
    • F4 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance

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