Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/152733 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
ECB Working Paper No. 299
Publisher: 
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
Pricing-to-market (PTM) behaviour implies that exporters adjust their prices to the prevailing prices in their export markets. For the importing country, PTM effects can be interpreted as a measure of the stability of domestic prices against foreign price and exchange rate developments. PTM behaviour can be attributed to the level of competitiveness and price stickiness in the importing country. This paper investigates PTM behaviour in the euro area from the importing country's perspective, for both individual countries and the euro area as a whole. Analysis firstly involves the estimation of PTM effects in the five largest euro area countries. Secondly, PTM effects in the euro area as a whole are estimated to be slightly higher than one half. The results from illustrative simulations suggest that the increase in euro-area inflation during the first two years of monetary union can be largely attributed to oil price and exchange rate developments.
Subjects: 
euro area
exchange-rate pass-through
import prices
pricing-to-market
JEL: 
C32
E31
F14
F47
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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