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Imperfect information and staggered price setting

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  • Laurence Ball
  • Stephen G. Cecchetti

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Many Keynesian macroeconomic models are based on the assumption that firms change prices at different times. This paper presents an explanation for this "staggered" price setting. The authors develop a model in which firms have imperfect knowledge of the current state of the economy and gain information by observing the prices set by others. This gives each firm an incentive to set its price shortly after other firms set theirs. Staggering can be the equilibrium outcome. In addition, the information gains can make staggering socially optimal even though it increases aggregate fluctuations. Copyright 1988 by American Economic Association.
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  • Laurence Ball & Stephen G. Cecchetti, 1986. "Imperfect information and staggered price setting," Research Working Paper 86-08, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedkrw:86-08
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