Price rigidities and the relative PPP
In: Journal of monetary economics, Volume 116, p. 104-116
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In: Journal of monetary economics, Volume 116, p. 104-116
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In: American economic review, Volume 107, Issue 11, p. 3477-3509
ISSN: 1944-7981
We study the impact of large exchange rate devaluations on the cost of living at different points on the income distribution. Poor households spend relatively more on tradeable product categories and consume lower-priced varieties within categories. Changes in the relative price of tradeables and of lower-priced varieties affect the cost of living of low-income relative to high-income households. We quantify these effects following the 1994 Mexican devaluation and show that they can have large distributional consequences. Two years post-devaluation, the cost of living for the bottom income decile rose 1.48 to 1.62 times more than for the top income decile. (JEL D12, D31, E31, F31, O12, O19, O24)
In: NBER Working Paper No. w23705
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In: NBER Working Paper No. w22498
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In: CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11454
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In: University of Zurich, UBS International Center of Economics in Society, Working Paper No. 15
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In: NBER Working Paper No. w17767
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In: Journal of political economy, Volume 131, Issue 9, p. 2289-2327
ISSN: 1537-534X
In: Journal of Monetary Economics, Volume 110, p. 19-32
In: NBER Working Paper No. w27915
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In: CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14026
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In: NBER Working Paper No. w26327
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