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Monetary Neutrality with Sticky Prices and Free Entry

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  • Florin O. Bilbiie

    (University of Lausanne and CEPR)

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Monetary policy is neutral even with fixed prices if free entry determines product variety optimally, as in Dixit and Stiglitz (

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  • Florin O. Bilbiie, 2021. "Monetary Neutrality with Sticky Prices and Free Entry," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 103(3), pages 492-504, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:restat:v:103:y:2021:i:3:p:492-504
    DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_00898
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    • D42 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Monopoly
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • L16 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics; Macroeconomic Industrial Structure

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