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Menu costs, (s,S) rule, imperfect information and the neutrality of money

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  • Franck Portier

    (Université de Toulouse (GREMAQ, IDEI, LEERNA, Institut Universitaire de France and CEPR))

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A dynamic macroeconomic model of monopolistic competition and imperfect information with menu costs and (s,S) pricing rule is proposed, in the lines of Caballero and Engel [1991]. The model can be seen as an imperfect competition version of Lucas [1973] with menu costs. The presence of informational imperfection destroys the neutrality result of Caplin and Spulber [1987], and the effect of a monetary shock on output is shown to be an increasing function of the degree of strategic complementarity between firms.

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  • Franck Portier, 2004. "Menu costs, (s,S) rule, imperfect information and the neutrality of money," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 5(7), pages 1-8.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-04e30003
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