Pass-Through and Exposure

Exchange rates can have a major influence on the pricing behaviour and profitability of exporting and importing firms. Firms differ in the extent to which they "pass-through" changes in exchange rates into the prices they charge in foreign markets. They also differ in their "exposure" to exchange rates -- the responsiveness of their profits to change in exchange rates. Previous papers have studied either pass-through or exposure, but none has studied these two phenomena together.