Year: 1992
Type: report
Abstract: This paper considers a possible explanation for asymmetric adjustment of nominal prices. We present a menu-cost model in which positive trend inflation causes firms' relative prices to decline automatically between price adjustments. In this environment, shocks that raise firms' desired prices trigger larger price responses than shocks that lower desired prices. We use this model of asymmetric adjustment to address three issues in macroeconomics: the effects of aggregate demand, the effects of sectoral shocks, and the optimal rate of inflation.
DOI: 10.3386/w4089
Authors: Laurence Ball, N. Gregory Mankiw
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2117386010