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Why are Goods Cheaper in Rich European Countries? Beyond the Balassa-Samuelson Effect

Leon Podkaminer

出版	SSRN, 2011
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=867bzwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

In wealthy European countries consumer goods tend to be cheaper than consumer services. Usually explained in terms of cost developments and/or foreign-trade considerations, this trend could also be a reflection of demand-side regularities. Estimation of a cross-country demand system indicates that goods are 'necessities' whereas services are 'luxuries'. The relative price of goods responds negatively to the rising supply of goods and positively to the rising supply of services, with the former response being much stronger. If the supplies of both items were to rise at the same speed, the relative price of goods would have to fall.