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Analyzing prices of truly homogenous consumer goods sold in Euroland, we find significant price convergence after the … narrower with the Euro than before. We observe Sigma and Beta convergence, i.e. prices do not differ systematically between … countries. Our result is in contrast to some other findings stating divergence rather than convergence but which do not control …
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The price-setting behaviour of manufacturing plants is examined using a large panel of monthly surveyed plant- and product-specific prices. The sample shows a high frequency of zero changes, relatively small price changes, and a strong seasonal price-change pattern. The intermittent feature of...
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This paper offers new insights on the price setting behaviour of German retail firms using a novel dataset that consists of a large panel of monthly business surveys from 1991-2006. The firm-level data allows matching changes in firms' prices to several other firm-characteristics. Moreover,...
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We use micro level retail price data from convenience stores to study the link between 0-ending price points and price rigidity during a period of a runaway inflation, when the annual inflation rate was in the range of 60%-430%. Surprisingly, we find that 0-ending prices are less likely to...
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