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Export Pricing Behavior of Manufactuting: U.S.-Japan Comparison
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International Monetary Fund
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Volume/Issue:
Volume 1988: Issue 078
Language:
English
Publication Date:
01 Jan 1988
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451955996.001
ISBN:
9781451955996
ISSN:
1018-5941
Pages:
52
Keywords:
WP; exchange rate; demand curve; pass-through coefficient; export price; price equation; cost curve; import price; Export prices; Exports; Exchange rates; Real exchange rates; Price elasticity
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Using domestic and export price data and a framework of markup over cost, pricing behavior of U.S. and Japanese manufacturers is compared. Major export industries in Japan have higher productivity growth and lower pass-through coefficients than American exporters, who tend to price to domestic cost. Japanese firms seem to price discriminate between domestic, and export markets. Other related issues, including nonlinearity in pass-through and sectoral differences in productivity, are also examined.
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Cover IMF Working Papers
IMF Working Papers
ISSN:
1018-5941
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund
Volume 1988: Issue 078