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. Moreover, in response to aggregate shocks, aggregate price rigidity moves substantially, the response of inflation is dampened …
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We analyze price dispersion using panel data from a large price comparison site. We use past pricing behavior to instrument for potential endogeneity that might result from the selection of firms to certain product markets. We find that greater price adjustment costs result in greater price...
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We estimate the effects of monetary policy on price-setting behavior in administrative micro data underlying the German producer price index. We find a strong degree of monetary nonneutrality. After expansionary monetary policy, the mass of additional price adjustments is economically small and...
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the traditional results on the impact of inflation. In particular, recent findings suggest that quantity-adjustment costs … may remove the linkage between output and inflation. We show that this is not the case when inflation is anticipated. On …
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impact of trend inflation on price flexibility, and the relationship between announcement and implementation effects. This is … zero-inflation steady state. We show that a suitable calibration of the model has similar effects on macroeconomic … variables as standard versions of the menu cost model. It replicates the effect of trend inflation on the impulse response to …
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We present a new partial equilibrium theory of price adjustment, based on consumer loss aversion. In line with prospect … theory, the consumers' perceived utility losses from price increases are weighted more heavily than the perceived utility … an otherwise standard dynamic neoclassical model of monopolistic competition. The resulting theory of price adjustment is …
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This paper shows that price rigidity evolves in an economy populated by imperfectly rational agents who experiment with alternative rules of thumb. In the model, firms must set their prices in face of aggregate demand shocks. Their payoff depends on the level of aggregate demand, as well as on...
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-firm synchronization is found supporting the theory of economies of scope in menu costs. The industry synchronization effects are found to …
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Economists have long suspected that firm-to-firm relationships might increase price rigidity due to the use of explicit or implicit fixed-price contracts. Using transaction-level import data from the U.S. Census, I study the responsiveness of prices to exchange rate changes and show that prices...
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The frequency with which firms adjust output prices helps explain persistent differences in capital structure across firms. Unconditionally, the most exible-price firms have a 19% higher long-term leverage ratio than the most sticky-price firms, controlling for known determinants of capital...
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