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Invoicing currency and exchange rate pass-through: evidence from firm level analysis of Italian firms

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  • Alessandro Borin

    (Bank of Italy)

  • Andrea Linarello

    (Bank of Italy)

  • Elena Mattevi

    (Bank of Italy)

  • Giordano Zevi

    (Bank of Italy)

Abstract

The paper analyzes how the choice of the invoicing currency used in international transactions by the Italian companies influences the transmission of exchange rates shocks to their price strategies and business activity. Companies invoicing in euros tend to not adjusting the prices of exported goods; in this case the exchange rate fluctuations are transmitted almost entirely to the prices of their goods in the destination countries, also inducing a large response of the exported volumes. On the other hand, companies that invoice in local currency transmit weakly the exchange rate fluctuations to prices in destination markets and therefore attenuate the impacts on exports volumes. Fixing prices in foreign currency is more frequent among larger and more productive companies, which tend to transfer the exchange rate shocks mostly on unit margins. Overall, despite the different transmission channels, the effect of exchange rate fluctuations on foreign turnover in euros, is quite similar among the different pricing strategies.

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  • Alessandro Borin & Andrea Linarello & Elena Mattevi & Giordano Zevi, 2018. "Invoicing currency and exchange rate pass-through: evidence from firm level analysis of Italian firms," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers) 473, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
    • Handle: RePEc:bdi:opques:qef_473_18
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    1. Omar Barbiero, 2021. "The Valuation Effects of Trade," Working Papers 21-11, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

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    Keywords

    invoicing currency; exchange rate pass-through;

    JEL classification:

    • F3 - International Economics - - International Finance
    • F4 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance

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