How does competition affect information acquisition of firms and thus the response of inflation and output to monetary policy shocks? This paper addresses these questions in a new dynamic general equilibrium model with both dynamic rational inattention and oligopolistic competition. In the...

How does competition affect information acquisition of firms and thus the response of inflation and output to monetary policy shocks? This paper addresses these questions in a new dynamic general equilibrium model with both dynamic rational inattention and oligopolistic competition. In the...

Propositions about long-run neutrality are at the heart of macroeconomics. In the 1970s, Lucas and Sargent criticized traditional neutrality tests, suggesting that long-run propositions could not be tested without a detailed structural model. Yet, when nominal variables are integrated, long-run...