Price Stickiness: Empirical Evidence of the Menu Cost Channel
A leading explanation in the economic literature is that monetary policy has real effects on the economy because firms incur a cost when changing prices. Using a unique database of cost and retail price changes, we find that variation in menu costs results in up to 13.3% fewer price increases. We co...
Main Authors: | Anderson, Eric (Author), Jaimovich, Nir (Author), Simester, Duncan (Contributor) |
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Other Authors: | Sloan School of Management (Contributor) |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MIT Press,
2015-12-23T14:48:25Z.
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Online Access: | Get fulltext |
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