Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Renzo Castellares
Author-X-Name-First: Renzo
Author-X-Name-Last: Castellares
Author-Name: Hiroshi Toma
Author-X-Name-First: Hiroshi
Author-X-Name-Last: Toma
Title: Effects of a mandatory local currency pricing law on the exchange rate pass-through
Abstract: This paper discusses whether Law 28300 of 2004, that required Peruvian firms to express their prices in Peru's currency in a context of high price dollarization, affected the exchange rate pass-through (ERPT). We hypothesize that the enactment of the Law introduced menu costs for firms that used to set their prices in dollars, prompting several of them to make a permanent switch to pricing in local currency. Using disaggregated consumer price index (CPI) data, we find that, following passage of the Law, the ERPT was completely offset for non-durable goods with dollarized prices, and partially offset for durable goods with dollarized prices. These effects may vary due to differences in imported component shares, market power, and markup pricing.
Length: 37 pages
Creation-Date: 2019-05
File-URL: https://www.bis.org/publ/work785.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
File-Function: Full PDF document
File-URL: https://www.bis.org/publ/work785.htm
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Number: 785
Classification-JEL: D04, D49
Keywords: exchange-rate pass through, price dollarization, local currency pricing
Handle: RePEc:bis:biswps:785