This paper develops a model of the joint determination of production, inventories and pricing of a monopolistically competitive durable good.producer. The model gives rise to time-varying markups that interact with the inventory-sales ratio, even with flexible prices. Maximum likelihood...

We study the effect of market structure on a firm's decision to adopt a new technology in the personal computer industry. This industry is unusual because there exists two horizontally segmented retail markets with different degrees of competition: the IBM compatible (or ``PC") platform and the...

price changes. We illustrate this asymmetric temporal response through a series of counterfactuals.

We determine empirically how the Big Three automakers accommodate shocks to demand. They have the capability to change prices, alter labor inputs through temporary layoffs and overtime, or adjust inventories. These adjustments are interrelated, non-convex, and dynamic in nature. Combining weekly...