Changes in the price of nontradable goods relative to tradable goods account for roughly 50 percent of the cyclical movements in real exchange rates.
Date Published:2006
Citations:Burstein, Ariel, Martin Eichenbaum, Sergio Rebelo. 2006. The Importance of Nontradable Goods' Prices in Cyclical Real Exchange Rate Fluctuations. Japan and the World Economy. (3)247-253.