Showing 1 - 10 of 63,133
firms, and in the absence of coordination failures, perfect price discrimination provides incentives for firms to choose … product characteristics in a socially optimal way. However, with free entry, the number of firms is always excessive. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005732217
We study the price adjustment practices and provide quantitative measurement of the managerial and customer costs of price adjustment using data from a large U.S. industrial manufacturer and its customers. We find that price adjustment costs are a much more complex construct than the existing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076839
This introductory essay briefly summarizes the eleven empirical studies of price setting and price adjustment that are included in this special issue. The studies, which use data from several European countries, were conducted as part of the European Central Bank's Inflation Persistence Network.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336066
The marketplace, along with its price system, is the single most important institution in a western‐style free enterprise economy. The ability of prices to adjust to changes in supply and demand conditions enables the market to function efficiently, and that ability lies behind the magical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140550
This introductory essay briefly summarizes the 11 empirical studies of price setting and price adjustment that are included in this special issue. The studies, which use data from several European countries, were conducted as part of the European Central Bank's Inflation Persistence Network.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140552
The marketplace, along with its price system, is the single most important institution in a western-style free enterprise economy. The ability of prices to adjust to changes in supply and demand conditions enables the market to function efficiently and lies behind the magical invisible hand...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835391
This introductory essay briefly summarizes the eleven empirical studies of price setting and price adjustment that are included in this special issue. The studies, which use data from several European countries, were conducted as part of the European Central Bank’s Inflation Persistence Network.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008777363
This introductory essay briefly summarizes the eleven empirical studies of price setting and price adjustment that are included in this special issue. The studies, which use data from several European countries, were conducted as part of the European Central Bank’s Inflation Persistence Network.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008873304
This introductory essay briefly summarizes the eleven empirical studies of price setting and price adjustment that are included in this special issue. The studies, which use data from several European countries, were conducted as part of the European Central Bank’s Inflation Persistence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095355
We examine the impact of bank competition and institutional factors on net firm entry in a sample of European … manufacturing industries over the 1995-2006 period. Taking into account industry differences in the need for external finance, we … find that bank competition helps firm entry. In addition, better institutions - especially legal structure and property …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335556