Volume 4, No. 1, April 2005
Revisiting Perverse Effects on Exchange Rate Pass-Through


Koji Okuguchi*

Department of Economics and Information, Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University, Japan



Abstract


The effects of a change in the exchange rate on product prices are investigated using a static international duopoly model without product differentiation. A general condition is derived for perverse exchange rate pass-through assuming decreasing marginal costs for firms in two trading countries. The result is clarified on the basis of a new diagram for determining equilibrium supplies in the two countries.



Key words : exchange rate pass-through; international duopoly; decreasing

marginal cost

JEL classification : F1; L1

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