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Asymmetric Price Adjustment and Economic Fluctuations

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  • Ball, Laurence
  • Mankiw, N Gregory

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This paper considers a possible explanation for asymmetric adjustment of nominal prices. The authors present a menu-cost model in which positive trend inflation causes firms' relative prices to decline automatically between price adjustments. In this environment, shocks that raise firms' desired prices trigger larger price responses than shocks that lower desired prices. The authors use this model of asymmetric adjustment to address three issues in macroeconomics: the effects of aggregate demand, the effects of sectoral shocks, and the optimal rate of inflation. Copyright 1994 by Royal Economic Society.

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  • Ball, Laurence & Mankiw, N Gregory, 1994. "Asymmetric Price Adjustment and Economic Fluctuations," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 104(423), pages 247-261, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ecj:econjl:v:104:y:1994:i:423:p:247-61
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