The Importance of Nontradable Goods' Prices in Cyclical Real Exchange Rate Fluctuations
Working Paper 11699
DOI 10.3386/w11699
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Changes in the price of nontradable goods relative to tradable goods account for roughly 50 percent of the cyclical movements in real exchange rates.
Published Versions
Burstein, Ariel, Martin Eichenbaum and Sergio Rebelo. "The Importance Of Nontradable Goods' Prices In Cyclical Real Exchange Rate Fluctuations," Japan and the World Economy, 2006, v18(3,Aug), 247-253. citation courtesy of