Estimating the Accounting Price of Foreign Exchange: An Input-Output Approach

Londero, Elio (1994): Estimating the Accounting Price of Foreign Exchange: An Input-Output Approach. Published in: Economic Systems Research , Vol. 6, No. 4 (1994): pp. 415-434.

Abstract

When adjustments in the foreign exchange market involve changes in the production of marginally traded goods, the traditional formula for calculating the accounting (shadow) price of foreign exchange assumes that domestic prices and marginal costs at efficiency prices for those goods are equal. In this paper a method is proposed for estimating an accounting price ratio of foreign exchange in a partial equilibrium framework, abandoning that assumption. For that purpose, input-output techniques are used, so as to take into account the effects of changes in the production of traded goods.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: cost-benefit analysis; shadow prices; accounting prices; input-output
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D5 - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium > D57 - Input-Output Tables and Analysis; D - Microeconomics > D6 - Welfare Economics > D61 - Allocative Efficiency ; Cost-Benefit Analysis

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