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Price Setting in the Argentine and Colombian Manufacturing Industry

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  • Juán Carlos Echeverry

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A price-setting mechanism based on a markup over variable costs is studied for the quite different inflationary experiences of Argentina and Colombia. The paper pursues a twofold strategy: first,it tests the null hypothesis of a constant markup against the alternative of a variable one; second, it checks the sensitivity of the price setting mechanism to strong shifts in the amcroeconomic environmente. The model explains price seeting during periods of moderate and high inflation in both countries. However, it is less powerful for the period of price stability in Argentina. Finally, markups seem to be constant for all types of inflationary experiences except hyperinflation. This stands in contrast to a body of literature that has found a negative relationschip between markups and inflation for OECD countries. The estimation shed light on other interesting issues: productivity has become a crucial determinant of prices for Argentianian manufacturing firms during the period of stability and opening of the economy;in contrast, the results suggest a weak impact of the opening on Colombian firms.

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  • Juán Carlos Echeverry, 1998. "Price Setting in the Argentine and Colombian Manufacturing Industry," Borradores de Economia 090, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
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