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The Choice of Invoicing Currency in Merchandise Trade

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2020

S.A.B. Page
S.A.B. Page*
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National Institute of Economic and Social Research
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If an exporter or importer uses a foreign currency, his income or costs will be immediately affected when the exchange rate changes; if he uses his own, there will be no effect on contracts that are already fixed. Analysing the pattern of invoicing throws light on what objectives are important in firms' decisions, and in particular on their attitudes toward foreign exchange risk. At the aggregate level, their choice of currency influences the effect of an exchange rate change on a country's balance of trade.

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National Institute Economic Review , Volume 98 , November 1981 , pp. 60 - 72
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Copyright © 1981 National Institute of Economic and Social Research

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