@TechReport{CEPII:2019-08,
author={Antonia Lopez-Villavicencio and Valérie Mignon},
title={Exchange rate pass-through to import prices: Accounting for changes in the Eurozone trade structure},
year=2019,
month=June,
institution={CEPII},
type={Working Papers},
url={http://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/fr/publications/wp/abstract.asp?NoDoc=12276},
number={2019-08},
abstract={This paper assesses whether the emergence of new trading partners (i.e., China and Eastern Europe) as suppliers reduces the exchange rate pass-through (ERPT) in Eurozone countries which differ regarding their external exposure. Using bilateral data on import prices at the two-digit sector level, we find that (i) pass-through is complete in many cases, (ii) ERPT from China is higher than from the United States, and (iii) there is no compelling evidence of a generalized link between ERPT and the increasing integration of some emerging markets in European imports. We also show that the launch of the single currency has not provoked a sufficient change in the part of trade exposed to exchange rate fluctuations and, therefore, has not affected the pass-through. Overall, the trend of liberalization in new players' markets has not altered the competitive environment such as to induce exporters of other countries to absorb exchange rate depreciations.},
keywords={Exchange Rate Pass-through ; Import Prices ; China ; Eastern Europe ; Eurozone}
}