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The Keynesian recovery and other essays
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ISBN: 0472102109 Year: 1990 Publisher: Ann Arbor The University of Michigan Press


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Price Setting in a Model with Production Chains : Evidence from Sectoral Data
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ISBN: 146231841X 1452788383 1282845802 9786612845802 1451982666 Year: 2010 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund,

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Reconciling the high frequency of price changes at the micro level and their apparent rigidity at the aggregate level has been the subject of considerable debate in macroeconomics recently. In this paper I show that incorporating production chains in a standard New- Keynesian model replicates two stylized facts about the data. First, sectoral prices respond with significantly different speeds to aggregate shocks. Meanwhile, the responses to sectorspecific shocks are similar. Second, the standard price setting models are unable to quantitatively match the amount of monetary non-neutrality observed in the data. I argue, First, that the input-output linkages in production generate different responses to aggregate shocks across sectors. Second, calibrating this model to the US data can create five times more monetary non-neutrality in response to nominal shocks compared to an equivalent homogeneous economy with intermediate inputs. Finally, the model implies that upstream industries respond faster to aggregate shocks compared to downstream industries. I show that this prediction is supported by the data.


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Political Price Cycles in Regulated Industries : Theory and Evidence
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ISBN: 1451865201 1462301363 145190973X 9786613821508 1452758204 1282448315 Year: 2006 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund,

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This paper develops a model of political regulation in which politicians set the regulated price in order to maximize electoral support by signaling to voters a pro-consumer behavior. Political incentives and welfare constraints interact in the model, yielding an equilibrium in which the real price in a regulated industry may fall in periods immediately preceding an election. The paper also provides empirical support for the theoretical model. Using quarterly data from 32 industrial and developing countries over 1978-2004, we find strong statistical and econometric evidence pointing toward the existence of electoral price cycles in gasoline markets.

At what price?
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ISBN: 0309074428 9786610184699 1280184698 0309512174 9780309512176 9780309074421 0305074428 0309170796 9780309170796 9781280184697 6610184690 Year: 2002 Publisher: Washington, DC National Academy Press

The behavior of non-oil commodity prices
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ISBN: 1557754128 1455267015 1452705585 9781557754127 Year: 1994 Volume: 112 Publisher: Washington (D.C.): International monetary fund,

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This paper analyzes global commodity trends and concludes that the marked decline in real commodity prices of the past decade should be regarded as largely permanent and irreversible. The authors contend that the analysis of commodity prices should be extended to include the role of the breakdown of major international commodity agreements. In addition, the authors analyze how developments in the former Soviet Union have affected commodity supply conditions.

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National wealth --- Prices --- Government policy --- 338.53 --- -339.56 --- 330.123.72 --- 338.57 --- $?$94/12 --- prix --- politique des prix --- theories des prix --- AA* / International - Internationaal --- 338.013 --- 380.20 --- 338.52 --- 330.05 --- Commercial products --- Commodity prices --- Justum pretium --- Price theory --- Consumption (Economics) --- Cost --- Costs, Industrial --- Money --- Cost and standard of living --- Supply and demand --- Value --- Wages --- Willingness to pay --- Overheidsinvloed op prijsvorming. Prijzenpolitiek van de overheid --- prijzen --- prijsbeleid --- prijstheorieen --- Belang, verdeling en beleid van de natuurlijke rijkdommen. Grondstoffen. --- Prijstheorieën: algemeenheden. --- Working papers --- Prices. --- Government policy. --- 338.53 Overheidsinvloed op prijsvorming. Prijzenpolitiek van de overheid --- 339.56 --- Government price policy --- Wage-price policy --- Belang, verdeling en beleid van de natuurlijke rijkdommen. Grondstoffen --- Prijstheorieën: algemeenheden --- Prices - Government policy --- Investments: Commodities --- Investments: Energy --- Exports and Imports --- Finance: General --- Macroeconomics --- Commodity Markets --- Agriculture: General --- Trade: General --- Metals and Metal Products --- Cement --- Glass --- Ceramics --- Aggregate Factor Income Distribution --- General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data) --- Investment & securities --- International economics --- Finance --- Agricultural economics --- Commodity price fluctuations --- Commodities --- Commodity price shocks --- Agricultural commodities --- Export earnings --- International trade --- Exports --- Farm produce --- Metals --- Russian Federation

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