Ravn, Morten O; Schmitt-Grohé, Stephanie; Uribe, Martín - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
This paper proposes a novel international transmission mechanism based on the assumption of deep habits. The term deep … habits stands for a preference specification according to which consumers form habits on a good-by-good basis. Under deep … habits, firms face more elastic demand functions in markets where nonhabitual demand is high relative to habitual demand …