INVESTIGATING NONNEUTRALITY IN A STATE‐DEPENDENT PRICING MODEL WITH FIRM‐LEVEL PRODUCTIVITY SHOCKS

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Journal: International Economic Review
Year: 2020
Volume: 61
Issue: 1
Pages: 159-188

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Abstract

In a model with fixed cost of price adjustment and idiosyncratic shocks, two parameterizations match a large set of microeconomic facts, yet display different degrees of nonneutrality. Although there is substantial nonneutrality in both cases, the model does not behave like a time‐dependent model, as changes in the distribution of firms account for roughly a third of the short‐run response of the price level to a monetary shock. We use the model to examine how aggregating firm behavior can generate flat hazards; we also find that a recently developed steady‐state statistic is an imperfect guide to characterizing nonneutrality.

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repec:wly:iecrev:v:61:y:2020:i:1:p:159-188
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General
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2
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2026-01-29