Borders and Big Macs

Anthony Landry ()

Economics Letters, 2013, vol. 120, issue 2, 318-322

Abstract: I provide new estimates of border frictions for 14 countries using local, national, and international Big Mac prices. I find that borders generally introduce only small price wedges, far smaller than those observed across New York City neighboring locations.

Keywords: Border frictions; Price dispersion; Real exchange rates (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F1 F4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.04.045

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