% WARNING: This file may contain UTF-8 (unicode) characters. % While non-8-bit characters are officially unsupported in BibTeX, you % can use them with the biber backend of biblatex % usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex} @techreport{NBERw18213, title = "Individual Price Adjustment along the Extensive Margin", author = "Gagnon, Etienne and López-Salido, David and Vincent, Nicolas", institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research", type = "Working Paper", series = "Working Paper Series", number = "18213", year = "2012", month = "July", doi = {10.3386/w18213}, URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w18213", abstract = {Firms employ a rich variety of pricing strategies whose implications for aggregate price dynamics often diverge. This situation poses a challenge for macroeconomists interested in bridging micro and macro price stickiness. In responding to this challenge, we note that differences in macro price stickiness across pricing mechanisms can often be traced back to price changes that are either triggered or cancelled by shocks. We exploit observed micro price behavior to quantify the importance of this margin of adjustment for the response of inflation to shocks. Across a range of empirical exercises, we find strong evidence that changes in the timing of price adjustments contribute significantly to the flexibility of the aggregate price level.}, }