Zusammenfassung
Wechselkurse und Preise australischer Industriegüterexporte.- Die Beziehung zwischen Wechselkursbewegungen und den Preisen für handelbare Güter steht im Mittelpunkt der gegenwärtigen Debatte darüber, wie wirksam die Wechselkurspolitik für die Anpassung der Leistungsbilanz ist. Diese Beziehung ist Wechselkurs-“Durchlauf” (pass-through) genannt worden und betrifft das Ausmaß, in dem die Preise handelbarer Güter auf Veränderungen des Wechselkurses reagieren. In diesem Artikel werden die Durchlauf-Koeffizienten für die Industriegüterexporte Australiens in den 80er Jahren geschätzt, und zwar disaggregiert nach den Bereichen der zweistelligen ASIC. Die Untersuchung betont die strukturellen Merkmale und den institutionellen Rahmen, in dem der Handel der einzelnen Industriezweige stattfindet.
R é s u m é
Le taux de change et les prix des exportations manufacturées australiennes.- La relation entre les fluctuations du taux de change et des prix des biens commercialisés est le point décisif dans la discussion actuelle concernant l’efficacité de la politique du taux de change en mettant l’ajustement de la balance des paiements courants. Cette relation souvent nommée transmission du taux de change se réfère au degré avec lequel les prix des biens commercialisés réagissent aux changements du taux de change. Dans cette étude l’auteur examine les coefficients de la transmission pour les exportations manufacturées australiennes dans les années 1980 au niveau du 2-digit ASIC. L’analyse met l’accent sur les caractéristiques structurelles et le cadre institutionel dans lequel le commerce des branches industrielles est exécuté.
Resumen
Tasas de cambio y precios de las exportaciones manufactureras de Australia. - La relatión entre los movimientos de la tasa de cambio y los precios de bienes transables esta en el centra del debate actual sobre la efectividad de la pol’⩼ica de cambio al ajustar el balance de cuenta corriente. Esta relatión ha sido llamada “pass-through” de tipo de cambio y se refiere al grado en el cual los precios de los bienes transables responden a movimientos de la tasa de cambio. En este trabajo se estiman los coeficientes de tipo de cambio “pass-through” para las exportaciones de productos manufactureras de Australia en los años 80, con una désagrégatión al nivel de dos dígitos de la ASIC. El análisis enfatiza las característícas estructurales y el entorno institutional dentro del cual se lleva a cabo el comercio en cada una de las industrias manufactureras.
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Menon, J. Exchange rates and prices of Australian manufactured exports. Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv 128, 695–710 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02707300
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