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Time-dependent or state-dependent pricing?evidence from firms' response to inflation shocks

Guimarães, Bernardo de Vasconcellos; Mazini, André Chaves; Prince, Diogo de

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This paper proposes a test for distinguishing between time-dependent and state-dependent pricing based on whether the timing of pricing changes is affected by realized or expeted inflation. Using Brazilian data and exploring a large discrepancy between realized and expected inflation surrounding the election of President Lula in 2002-3, we obtain a strong relation between expected inflation and duration of price spells, but little effect of inflation shocks on the frequency of price adjustment. The results thus support models with time-dependent pricing, where the timing for following changes is optimally chosen whenever firms adjust prices.

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Tipo
Artigo científico
Ano
2016
Instituição
Sociedade Brasileira de Econometria
Idioma
Inglês
Acesso
Acesso aberto
Identificador
oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/26211

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