We present a pricing-to-market model, in which the average mark-up depends on the foreign competition. We propose that the exchange rate changes affect the degree of competition and this effect increases exchange rate pass-through to the import prices. We test the implications of our model on 10...

We examine exchange rate pass-through (ERPT) into aggregate import prices for nine OECD countries in view of Taylor's [Taylor, J., (2000). Low Inflation, Pass-through, and the Pricing Power of Firms, European Economic Review 44 (7), 1389–1408] suggestion that the degree of pass-through is...

Price of a dwelling consists of the physical structure together with the value of land upon which the house is build. Similarly, the growth rate of the price of a house is the weighted average of increase in the value of the structure and appreciation of land. The price of the structure is...

In this paper we build an open economy extension of the Gordon (1962) valuation model that suggests a simple forecasting system for three macroeconomic variables; the real growth, inflation and real exchange rate. All the forecasting equations in our system utilize current financial market...

In this paper we analyze the existence of nonlinear relationships between macroeconomic fundamentals and exchange rates for some major industrialized countries using an error correction model with time-varying parameters for the post Bretton Woods period. We find that inflation rate...

In this article, we propose to augment the traditional relationship between real exchange rates and real interest rates (RERI) by adding the stock market equilibrium condition to it. We introduce the relative dividend yield as the new information variable. In the empirical analysis, we use...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of aggregate suicides in 15 OECD countries during 1960-2010 using an economic model where changes in the welfare of consumers play the critical role for determining the number of suicides. Design/methodology/approach The...