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Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Brazilian E-Commerce Prices

Published:2023-08-08 Issue:1 Volume:16 Page:25-43
ISSN:0974-9101
Container-title:Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies
language:en
Short-container-title:Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies

Author:

Amorim Daniel Penido de Lima¹^ORCID,Resende Marcelo²

Affiliation:

1. Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional, Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

2. Instituto de Economia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Abstract

E-commerce has experienced significant growth and is becoming more relevant to economies. The exchange rate can have notable implications on e-commerce prices, and this relationship is of great interest to consumers and retailers transacting online. Brazil is prominent among other emerging countries in issues relating to e-commerce. This article analyzes the relationships between the exchange rate and e-commerce prices in Brazil. The results reveal that: (a) there is an incomplete exchange rate pass-through to Brazilian e-commerce prices; (b) there is temporal precedence of the exchange rate in relation to these prices; (c) there is the possibility of arbitraging online purchases based on exchange rate variations. This article contributes to understanding the e-commerce price behavior in an emerging country. The evidence can support buyers interested in arbitrage. JEL Classification F31, F41, L81

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous),Development,Geography, Planning and Development,Business and International Management,Global and Planetary Change

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/09749101221149251

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