Firms' heterogeneity, incomplete information, and pass-through

Stefania Garetto

Journal of International Economics, 2016, vol. 101, issue C, 168-179

Abstract: A large body of empirical work documents that prices of traded goods change by a smaller proportion than real exchange rates between the trading countries (incomplete pass-through). I present a Ricardian model of trade and international price-setting with heterogeneous firms, Bertrand competition and incomplete information. The model implies that: 1) firm-level pass-through is incomplete and a U-shaped function of firm-level productivity and market share; and 2) controlling for firm market share, producers operating under incomplete information, like for example new entrants in a market, exhibit lower pass-through rates than producers operating under complete information. Estimates from a panel data set of cars prices support the predictions of the model.

Keywords: Heterogeneous firms; Incomplete information; Incomplete pass-through (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D44 F12 F31 L13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2016.05.001

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