Pass-Through of Imported Input Prices to Domestic Producer Prices: Evidence from Sector-Level Data

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JaeBin Ahn

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Chang-Gui Park

The Bank of Korea

Chanho Park

Bank of Korea-International Department

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Date Written: January 19, 2016

Abstract

Motivated by stylized facts pointing to a dominant role of imported inputs in transmitting external price shocks to domestic prices, this paper zooms in to study the pass-through of imported input costs to domestic producer prices. Our approach constructs effective input price indices from sector-level price data combined with sector-level information on input-output linkages. Applying an error correction model specification to sector-level output and input prices, the long-run pass-through rate of effective imported input costs to domestic producer prices is estimated to be around 70 percent in Korea and almost 100 percent in selected European countries.

Keywords: Exchange rate pass-through, Imported input cost pass-through, Inflation

JEL Classification: E3, F3, F4

Suggested Citation

Ahn, JaeBin and Park, Chang-Gui and Park, Chanho, Pass-Through of Imported Input Prices to Domestic Producer Prices: Evidence from Sector-Level Data (January 19, 2016). Bank of Korea WP 2016-2, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2717838 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2717838

JaeBin Ahn (Contact Author)

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Chang-Gui Park

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Chanho Park

Bank of Korea-International Department ( email )

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Seoul, 04531
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

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