结构推理 How is an importer affected by a real depreciation of the domestic currency? An exporter? A diversified multinational corporation competing in globally competitive goods and financial markets?
【正确答案】The classic exporter faces costs that are locally determined in segmented markets and revenues that are globally determined in integrated markets, resulting in a positive exposure to the foreign currency. The classic importer buys goods in integrated global markets and sell them in segmented local markets, resulting in a negative exposure to foreign currency values. A real depreciation of the foreign currency hurts the exporter and helps the importer. Multinational corporations operating in integrated global input and output markets have foreign currency exposures in both revenues and costs. The net exposure of the multinational corporation depends on the balance between its import and export activities.
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