When do firms adjust prices? Evidence from micro panel data

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Lein, Sarah M.
• 署名单位: Swiss National Bank (SNB)
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF MONETARY ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3932
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2010.05.011
• 发表日期: 2010
• 页码: 696-715
• 关键词: Price setting behavior; Time-dependent pricing; State-dependent pricing; Sticky plans; COSTS

摘要

The price-setting behavior of manufacturing firms is examined using a large panel of quarterly firm survey data from 1984 to 2007, which allows changes in firms' prices to be linked to several firm-specific variables. The results show that state-dependent pricing is clearly present in a low-inflation environment and that variables measuring the current situation of the firm, especially costs for intermediate products, are important determinants of price adjustments. Compared to purely time-dependent features, the state-dependent variables significantly add to the explanatory power of a price adjustment probability model. Macroeconomic factors are significant but contribute little in terms of the goodness of fit. Furthermore, when taking into account sticky plan models by excluding possibly predetermined price changes, the importance of state-dependent factors becomes even greater. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.