Abstract
The objective of the literature on exchange rate pass-through is to measure the effect that the changes in the exchange rate have on prices. This topic is in the interest of both academics and policy makers. This paper produces estimates of exchange rate pass-through for import and wholesale prices of the different sectors of the Brazilian manufacturing industry during the period of 1999 to 2012. The reported results indicate the superiority of estimation in the system, demonstrated by its suitability to the theory, as well as the obtained values. The average level of import prices to exchange rate pass through was 0.633, while for the wholesale prices the estimated exchange rate pass through was 0.181. The sectoral results also demonstrate that the sectors with higher pass-through are producers of capital goods and intermediate goods sectors.
Keywords:
Exchange rate; Exchange rate pass-through; Industrial prices; Import prices; Cointegration
