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CMSA Colloquium: Menu Costs and the Volatility of Inflation

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March 11, 2020      4:30 pm
Speaker: Jose Scheinkman - Columbia University

We present a state-dependent equilibrium pricing model that generates inflation rate fluctuations from idiosyncratic shocks to the cost of price changes of individual firms.  A firm's nominal price increase lowers...
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