This paper studies the importance of firm-level price markup dynamics for business cycle fluctuations. Using state-of-the-art IO techniques to measure the behavior of markups over the business cycle at the firm level, I find that markups are countercyclical with an average elasticity of -1.1...

This paper studies the importance of firm-level price markup dynamics for business cycle fluctuations. Using state-of-the-art IO techniques to measure the behavior of markups over the business cycle at the firm level, I find that markups are countercyclical with an average elasticity of -1.1...

We introduce an approach for the empirical study of the quantity theory of money (QTM) that is novel both with respect to the specific steps taken as well as the general methodology employed. Empirical studies of the QTM have focused directly on the relationship between the rate of change of the...

Diese Dissertation untersucht, inwieweit die Annahme von Komplementarität zwischen Haushalts- und Geschäftskapital in einem DSGE-Modell mit Haushaltsproduktion eine verbesserte Abbildung der Investitionsdynamik für Deutschland und das Vereinigte Königreich erzielen kann. Sowohl für diese...