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RETAILERS AND CONSUMERS. THE PASS-THROUGH OF IMPORT PRICE CHANGES
AbstractIn this paper, we estimate pass-through rates of import price changes to retail prices across retailers and consumers for apparel purchases in Germany for the period of 2000 to 2007. We …nd that high-price retailers do not pass through changes in the import price. Pass-through rates for low-price retailers are 53% within 3 months. Consequently, pass-through rates for low-income households are 58%, signi…cantly larger than those for high-income households. We then present one possible explanation for these observations in a theoretical model with endogenous vertical product di¤erentiation due to bundling an ex-ante homogeneous import good with services. Following an import price change, retailers who sell a cheaper unbundled product change prices to a greater extent than retailers who sell a higher-priced bundle of product and service.
The Role of Newly Industrialized Economies in Global Value Chains by Dominik Boddin IMF Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to encourage debate. The views expressed in IMF Working Papers are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF management.
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