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Import price effects on retail prices in the US and abroad: two cases

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  • Robert Feinberg

    (American University and US International Trade Commission)

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I utilize the highly disaggregate EIU CityData and present some preliminary results looking at how retail prices of two goods almost exclusively imported, bananas and virgin olive oil, are affected by import prices of these goods from another perspective, I consider how distributor margins respond to changes in import prices. To avoid dealing with the effects of within-destination-country distance on consumer prices, I consider only prices in cities at or near the port of entry. The findings of limited response are consistent with previous work and raise the issue of implications for welfare effects of trade and exchange rate policy. Given the combination of limited passthrough of import prices into final consumer prices and the likely low price elasticity for specific categories of groceries, the trade flow impacts of international shocks may be quite modest.

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  • Robert Feinberg, 2008. "Import price effects on retail prices in the US and abroad: two cases," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 13(1), pages 1-7.
  • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-07m20003
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    Cited by:

    1. Ivanic, Maros & Martin, Will, 2010. "Promoting Global Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction," Conference papers 331944, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project.
    2. Seyed Safdar Hosseini & Zahra Alizadeh Khalifehmahaleh, 2013. "Market Structure and Price Adjustment in the Iranian Tea Market," Iranian Economic Review (IER), Faculty of Economics,University of Tehran.Tehran,Iran, vol. 18(2), pages 1-19, spring.

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    agricultural goods;

    JEL classification:

    • M2 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics
    • F0 - International Economics - - General

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