Caglayan, Mustafa; Filiztekin, Alpay; Rauh, Michael T. - In: European Economic Review 52 (2008) 7, pp. 1187-1208
In this paper, we use a novel data set containing prices from bazaars, convenience stores, and supermarkets in Istanbul to re-examine the relationship between price dispersion and inflation. Although existing evidence is mixed, we find positive and significant relationships between dispersion,...