• Title of article

    Exchange ratepass-throughandcreditconstraints

  • Author/Authors

    Georg Strasser، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2013
  • Pages
    14
  • From page
    25
  • To page
    38
  • Abstract
    The macroeconomicevidenceoftheshort-termimpactofexchangeratesonexportsand pricesisnotoriouslyweak.Thispaperexaminesthemicrofoundationsofthisdisconnect.I study theresponseoffirms’exportandpricesettingdecisionstofluctuationsinexchange rates andcreditconditionsusingfirm-levelsurveydata.Financiallyconstrainedfirmspass throughexchangeratechangestopricesatalmosttwicetherateofunconstrainedfirms. Similarly,theirexportvolumesareabouttwiceassensitivetoexchangeratefluctuations. The effectofborrowingconstraintsisparticularly strongduringtherecentfinancialcrisis
  • Journal title
    Journal of Monetary Economics
  • Serial Year
    2013
  • Journal title
    Journal of Monetary Economics
  • Record number

    846568