Price adjusment in Costa Rica: A first assessment using micro-data

 

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מידע ביבליוגרפי
מחבר: Vindas Quesada, Alberto José
פורמט: artículo original
Fecha de Publicación:2014
תיאור:his article explores the pricing adjustment process in Costa Rica, taking a deeper look into the micro-data that make up the Consumer Price Index for the period 2006-2013. The basic question asks if this process resembles time-dependent picing models, or if it resembles more a state-dependent process. his is done analysing a series of random effects regressions to explore the relations between inflation rate, frequency of pricing adjustments and their average magnitude. he main conclusions are that 1) there is considerable heterogeneity between product categories, 2) price decreases follow a very stable pattern that does not depend on the overall inflation rate, 3) the average size of the price increases is influenced by a very small magnitude by the inflation rate, 4) the proportion of prices increasing each month is strongly positively correlated with the inflation rate, and 5) state-dependent specifications fit better these facts.
País:Kérwá
מוסד:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
שפה:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/100569
גישה מקוונת:https://hdl.handle.net/10669/100569
https://doi.org/10.15517/rce.v32i2.17260
מילת מפתח:inflation
macroeconomics
economic cycle
monetary policy
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
price rigidity
inflación
macroeconomía
ciclo económico
política monetaria
rigidez de precios