Exchange rates and product variety
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Witness Simbanegavi
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract We study the role of exchange rate variability in the firm's choice of whether to offer one or two varieties. We show that variability induces the firm to vertically segment markets (offer two varieties). This happens because variability in the exchange rate affects income dispersion an