This paper investigates the microeconomic behaviour of consumer prices in Italy using the individual price records … underlying the Italian CPI dataset collected by Istat. We discuss how to analyse price stickiness using such a detailed database … and compute a quantitative measure of the unconditional degree of price rigidity in the Italian economy. The analysis …

This study examines price setting behaviour of Italian firms on the basis of the results of a survey conducted by Banca … services where price discrimination across customers matters. Rival prices mostly affect price-setting strategies in industrial …. Concerning the frequency of price adjustments, a considerable degree of stickiness emerges both at the stage in which firms …

three conclusions. Firstly, the evidence suggest that the large price increases in this industry are mostly not due to the … cash changeover; the event might have focussed public attention on the cumulative price increases which took place before … the changeover, reflecting costs and demand. Secondly, the rise in the average meal price was mainly due to a larger …

then attempt to estimate. We find evidence that seasonal movements characterise most price series, though some differences …