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We demonstrate that cost pass-through can be used to inform demand calibration, potentially eliminating the need for data on margins, diversion, or both. We derive the relationship between cost pass-through and consumer demand using a general oligopoly model of Nash-Bertrand competition and...
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-in-place are reduced. We find that changes in SG&A costs separate between the two cost drivers, and that the explanatory power of … of the single-driver cost behavior model. Similar insights are obtained when we replace SG&A costs with employee … headcount or employee costs as the cost measure of interest. In all cases, we find that the cost inertia term is significantly …
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or overhead costs has increased in prominence. We relate these changes in firms' cost structures to performance measures … and document that markups and gross profit rates increase substantially as the role of variable costs in production …
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The cost of children is a critical parameter used in determining many economic policies. For instance, correctly setting the tax deduction for families with children requires assessing the true household cost of children. Evaluating child poverty at the individual level requires making a clear...
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