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by nearly double-digit inflation and undergoing massive changes in market structure during the process of transition and …-linear. Product-specific inflation is typically highly persistent. We find that market structure is an important determinant of … depends negatively on the price dispersion and positively on the individual inflation, seems consistent with predictions of …
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We examine the effect of the minimum wage on restaurant prices. For that purpose, we estimate a price rigidity model by exploiting a unique dataset of individual price quotes used to calculate the Consumer Price Index in France. We find a positive and significant impact of the minimum wage on...
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. Quantitative goals take three forms: exchange rates, money growth rates, and inflation targets. We analyse the effects on inflation … determinants of inflation (such as fiscal policy, the business cycle, and openness to international trade), and the endogeneity of … systematically and robustly associated with lower inflation. The exact form of the monetary target matters somewhat, but is less …
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facts: (1) Macroeconomic shocks explain only about 15% of sectoral inflation fluctuations; (2) The persistence of sectoral … inflation is driven by macroeconomic factors; (3) While disaggregated prices respond quickly to sector-specific shocks, their …
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We develop a model in which a profit-maximizing monopolist with uncertain cost of production sells to loss-averse, yet rational, consumers. We first introduce (portable) techniques for analysing the demand of such consumers, and then investigate the monopolist’s pricing strategy. Compared to...
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The Calvo contract Phillips Curve is widely indexed for general inflation, using either core inflation or other … that optimal indexation would by contrast use the rational expectation of inflation. If this scheme is implemented, the …
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inflation and in determining how monetary policy affects inflation and real economic activity. The Inflation Persistence Network …
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We study the determination of Irish inflation between 1926 and 2012. The difference between unemployment and the NAIRU … is a significant determinant of inflation in a simple backward-looking Phillips Curve that incorporates import prices …
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This paper presents a theory of the monetary transmission mechanism in a monetary version of Farmer’s (2009) model in which there are multiple equilibrium unemployment rates. The model has two equations in common with the new-Keynesian model; the optimizing IS curve and the policy rule. It...
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Since World War II, direct stock ownership by households has largely been replaced by indirect stock ownership by financial institutions. We argue that tax policy is the driving force. Using long time-series from eight countries, we show that the fraction of household ownership decreases with...
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