Changes in Import Pricing Behaviour: Evidence for Germany

Stahn Kerstin
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Stahn Kerstin: Deutsche Bundesbank, Economics Department, Wilhelm-Epstein-Str. 14, 60431 Frankfurt a.M., Germany

Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), 2011, vol. 231, issue 4, 522-545

Abstract: Since changes in import prices feed into consumer prices and thus might affect monetary policy decisions, policymakers need to establish whether or not German importers’ long-run pricing behaviour has changed. Of particular interest are any shifts in the importance of cost pass-through and pricing-to-market for import pricing in Germany that may have ocurred since the 1990s. We analyse pricing in single equations for 11 product categories because the factors influencing the pricing behaviour, eg competitive pressure,may well have developed differently on the individual product markets. The Saikkonen (1991) approach is applied to test the import price levels for changes in the impact of their determinants. After aggregating the findings for the individual product categories, we find that, on the whole, pricing-to-market has increased, whereas cost pass-through via foreign costs and exchange rates is lower, but not via commodity prices.

Keywords: Import pricing; cost pass-through; exchange rate pass-through; pricing-to-market; Germany; Import pricing; cost pass-through; exchange rate pass-through; pricing-to-market; Germany (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-2011-0406

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