Carvalho, Carlos Viana de; Kryvtsov, Oleksiy - 2018
We propose a simple, model-free way to measure price selection and its impact on inflation. Price selection exists when … selection, increases (decreases) in inflation can be amplified because adjusting prices tend to originate from levels far below … for around 36% of inflation variance in the United Kingdom and the United States, and 28% in Canada. Price selection is …