This paper compares sticky-price and sticky-information model under a more general staggering price-setting scheme … that, without strategic complementarity in the price-setting, two models generate similar inflation dynamics. The … distribution of price durations dominates the shape of impulse response in both models. Furthermore, with strategic complementarity …

the steady-state distribution of price adjustments in microdata; realism calls for firm-specific shocks. Computing a …

digital goods and services in the consumer price index (CPI) basket. Then we discuss indirect channels related to automation … and cost reduction as well as competition and markup. We also review the rise of e-commerce and how it can affect price …