International Shocks, Variable Markups, and Domestic Prices

How strong are strategic complementarities in price setting across firms? In this article, we provide a direct empirical estimate of firms' price responses to changes in competitor prices. We develop a general theoretical framework and an empirical identification strategy, taking advantage of a...

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Main Authors: Amiti, M. (Author), Itskhoki, O. (Author), Konings, J. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2019
Subjects:
D22
E31
F31
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