In this paper, we show that a simple model of smoothly state-dependent pricing generates a distribution of price adjustments similar to that observed in microeconomic data, both for low and high inflation. Our setup is based on one fundamental assumption: price adjustment is more likely when it...

This paper analyzes the effects of monetary shocks in a DSGE model that allows for a general form of smoothly state-dependent pricing by firms. As in Dotsey, King, and Wolman (1999) and Caballero and Engel (2007), our setup is based on one fundamental property: firms are more likely to adjust...

Estudiamos la política monetaria óptima desde una perspectiva atemporal en un modelo general de fijación de precios dependiente del estado (state-dependent pricing). Las empresas tienen poder monopolístico y están sujetas a perturbaciones idiosincráticas a sus costes de menú. Encontramos...

Proponemos un modelo cuasi racional de ajustes de precios en el mercado minorista que es coherente con la evidencia micro y macro de la dinámica de los precios. Nuestro marco está basado en la idea de que evitar errores en las decisiones implica un coste. Dada la asumida función del coste de...

Este trabajo propone dos modelos donde las empresas pueden cambiar sus precios libremente en cualquier momento sin ningún coste físico, pero donde, no obstante, los precios son rígidos por razones endógenas. Las empresas se enfrentan a shocks idiosincrásicos y agregados, y también corren...

This paper investigates the dynamics of sequential decision-making in agricultural futures and options markets. Analysis of trading records of 12 traders identified considerable heterogeneity in individual dynamic trading behavior. Using risk measures derived from the deltas and vegas of...

In two experiments, decision makers chose between risky and ambiguous gambles under conditions of both single (unrepeated) and multiply repeated choices. The gambles were presented either as modified Ellsberg urn choices or as marketing strategy decisions. In both experiments, decision makers...

This paper investigates the dynamics of sequential decision-making in agricultural futures andoptions markets using a quantile regression framework. Analysis of trading records of 12 traderssuggests that there is great heterogeneity in individual trading behavior. Traders responddifferently to...

We study the implications of loss aversion for trade policy determination and show how it allows us to explain a number of important and puzzling features of trade policy. An important question concerning trade policy is why a disproportionate share of protection goes to declining industries. We...

Recent estimates of the intergenerational correlation of income in the United States are centered around 0.6. Existing empirical work is only able to explain about half of this correlation. The first chapter of this dissertation provides a behavioral explanation that accounts for almost half of...