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Persistent Monetary Non-neutrality in an Estimated Menu Cost Model with Partially Costly Information

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  • Marco Bonomo
  • Carlos Carvalho
  • René Garcia
  • Vivian Malta
  • Rodolfo Rigato

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We propose a model that reconciles microeconomic evidence of frequent and large price changes with sizable monetary non-neutrality. Firms incur separate lump-sum costs to change prices and to gather and process some information about marginal costs. Additional relevant information is continuously available and can be factored into pricing decisions at no cost. We estimate the model by Simulated Method of Moments, using price-setting statistics for the US economy. The model with free idiosyncratic and costly aggregate information fits well both targeted and untargeted microeconomic moments and generates almost three times as much monetary non-neutrality as the Calvo model.

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  • Marco Bonomo & Carlos Carvalho & René Garcia & Vivian Malta & Rodolfo Rigato, 2023. "Persistent Monetary Non-neutrality in an Estimated Menu Cost Model with Partially Costly Information," American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, American Economic Association, vol. 15(2), pages 466-505, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:aejmac:v:15:y:2023:i:2:p:466-505
    DOI: 10.1257/mac.20190241
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    JEL classification:

    • D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
    • E23 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Production
    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms

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