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

 

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著者: Vindas Quesada, Alberto José
フォーマット: artículo original
出版日付:2014
その他の書誌記述: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.
国:Kérwá
機関:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
言語:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/100569
オンライン・アクセス:https://hdl.handle.net/10669/100569
https://doi.org/10.15517/rce.v32i2.17260
キーワード:inflation
macroeconomics
economic cycle
monetary policy
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
price rigidity
inflación
macroeconomía
ciclo económico
política monetaria
rigidez de precios