We use micro data on product prices linked to information on the firms that set them to test for selection effects (state dependence) in micro-level producer pricing. In contrast to using synthetic data from a canonical Menu-Cost model, we find very weak, if any, micro-level selection effects...

Does time-varying business volatility affect the price setting of firms and thus the transmission of monetary policy into the real economy? To address this question, we estimate from the firm-level micro data of the German IFO Business Climate Survey the impact of idiosyncratic volatility on the...

We use micro data on product prices linked to information on the firms that set them to test for selection effects (state dependence) in micro-level producer pricing. In contrast to using synthetic data from a canonical menu-cost model, we find very weak, if any, micro-level selection effects...

Die vorliegende Studie zeigt, dass es ökonomisch sinnvoll ist, den ermäßigten Steuersatz abzuschaffen und gleichzeitig den Regelsatz aufkommensneutral zu senken. Ein einheitlicher Umsatzsteuersatz würde Abgrenzungsprobleme beseitigen und zu Effizienzgewinnen bei Unternehmen, Konsumenten und...