the degree of price rigidity that is inherent to the price setting mechanism (intrinsic) and that which is due to the … price's driving variables (extrinsic). Using two data sets consisting of a large fraction of the price quotes used to … compute the Belgian and French CPI, we are able to assess the role of intrinsic and extrinsic price stickiness in explaining …

account by using municipal housing price indices or by replacing the country-specific poverty line with municipal …-kind transfers ; geographical cost of living differences ; housing price indices ; municipal-specific poverty lines …

consumer price inflation rate. -- Wage stickiness ; micro-level evidence ; measurement error …

This paper provides a single welfare measure to show the effects of consumer price changes upon households in Ireland … component using the Atkinson Social Welfare Function. The efficiency component includes the behavioural response to price … of households in response to price changes in most years. -- price ; inflation ; equivalent income ; welfare ; linear …

welfare by replicating the flexible price equilibrium. We analyze this result in the context of developing economies, where a … improves welfare outcomes. We also compute the optimal price index, which includes a positive weight on food prices but, unlike …

the channel through which the price declines take place is the informal labor market. Syrian refugees supply inexpensive …

, untaxed goods that are not substitutes for the taxed drinks. I analyze data from Mexico's Consumer Price Index program, using … after the tax took effect. Some simple calculations suggest that the soda price increase could lead to a two- to four …