Arbeitspapier

Method versus cross-country heterogeneity in the exchange rate pass-through

Estimates of the exchange rate pass-through vary significantly across studies, making it difficult for policymakers and researchers to ascertain the true impact of exchange rate fluctuations on domestic prices. I conduct a meta-analysis to understand why estimates differ and provide consensus for the conflicting results. My dataset includes 32 primary studies containing 684 estimates for 108 countries. Because there are many potential causes of heterogeneity, I use Bayesian model averaging to identify the most important ones. I find that estimates vary due to differences in country-specific and methodological characteristics. The country-specific characteristics include central bank independence, inflationary environment, and economic development, while the methodological variables include data frequency, data dimension, and data time span. When I control for differences in methodology and assign greater weight to those that reflect the best practices in the literature, I find that the implied pass-through estimates remain substantial, albeit smaller than suggested in the literature. The pass-through is 6% for developed countries and 9% for developing countries.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IES Working Paper ; No. 16/2023

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Foreign Exchange
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Thema
exchange rate pass-through
prices
heterogeneity
meta-analysis

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Iorngurum, Tersoo David
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Charles University in Prague, Institute of Economic Studies (IES)
(wo)
Prague
(wann)
2023

Handle
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Iorngurum, Tersoo David
  • Charles University in Prague, Institute of Economic Studies (IES)

Entstanden

  • 2023

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