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We analyse the adjustment of retail and services prices in a period of low inflation, using a set of individual price data from the German Consumer Price Index that covers the years 1998 to 2003. We strong find evidence of time- and statedependent price adjustment. Most importantly, the...
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This paper provides some new empirical features on price setting behaviour for French producers using micro data underlying the producer and business-services price indices over the period 1994-2005. Some crucial methodological issues on the collection of producer prices are raised. Then, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604745
We analyse the adjustment of retail and services prices in a period of low inflation, using a set of individual price data from the German Consumer Price Index that covers the years 1998 to 2003. We strong find evidence of time- and state-dependent price adjustment. Most importantly, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012778429
This paper provides some new empirical features on price setting behaviour for French producers using micro data underlying the producer and business-services price indices over the period 1994-2005. Some crucial methodological issues on the collection of producer prices are raised. Then, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317339
Based on individual price records collected for the computation of the Austrian CPI, average frequencies of price changes and durations of price spells are estimated to characterize price setting in Austria. Depending on the estimation method, prices are unchanged for 10 to 14 months on average....
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information collected by the statistical office and covers 80% of the CPI over eight years. We run cross-sectional tests …
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In this paper we analyse the Finnish consumer price changes from February 1997 to December 2004 on the basis of a set of microdata which covers over half of the items included in the Finnish CPI. Our findings can be summarised with four stylised facts. Firstly, only a small fraction of prices...
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The paper analyses the impact of import penetration on firms’ profitability in 15 manufacturing industries in 10 euro area countries during 1995-2004, focusing on the role of emerging market economies. Our results indicate that import competition from emerging market economies has had an...
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Network (CompNet). The new database provides information on the distribution of labour productivity, TFP, ULC or size of firms … expanded database includes detailed information on critical determinants of competitiveness such as the financial position of … information for 56 industries, including both manufacturing and services, over the period 1995-2012. The paper aims at analysing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605809
Network (CompNet). The new database provides information on the distribution of labour productivity, TFP, ULC or size of firms … expanded database includes detailed information on critical determinants of competitiveness such as the financial position of … information for 56 industries, including both manufacturing and services, over the period 1995-2012. The paper aims at analysing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013026277