Behavior of apartment prices in the Russian cities following the ruble devaluation in August 1998 diered markedly in dierent cities. In cities, where prices were denominated in dollars, they fell slowly over time. In cities, where apartments were priced in rubles, the dollarequivalents fell rapidly with the exchange rate, stayed low for two to three years, and then recovered rapidly when economy picked up. Such behavior is found to be consistent with a sticky-price model with backward-looking agents. Sticky information model nds less support. Finally, such behavior of prices is not consistent with forward-looking agents or exible prices.
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Length: 13 pages Date of creation: Jan 2003 Date of revision: Handle: RePEc:cfr:cefirw:w0026
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Irina Levina & Oleg Zamulin, 2002.
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