import prices. One explanation is local distribution costs. Here we consider an alternative, complementary explanation based … case the pass-through to import prices is complete, while the pass-through to consumer prices is zero. …

theoretical framework that combines variable markups due to strategic complementarities and endogenous choice to import … intermediate inputs. The model predicts that firms with high import shares and high market shares have low exchange rate pass … destination and imports by source country. We confirm that import intensity and market share are the prime determinants of pass …

A sizeable literature examines exchange rate pass-through to disaggregated import prices but very few micro …-components and the role of switches between import and export parity pricing of maize is investigated and found significant for five …

Import competition from China is pervasive in the sense that for many good categories, the competitive environment that … 2005 to 2008 on the prices charged by US domestic producers. In a panel spanning the period from 1994 to 2010 and including … up to 519 manufacturing sectors, import price changes of Chinese goods pass into US producer prices at an average rate of …

to charge higher prices vis-a-vis the increased uncertainty in the export market. As higher import prices reduce the …