Nonlinear Dynamics in Menu Cost Economies? Evidence from U.S. Data

Andres Blanco, Corina Boar, Callum Jones and Virgiliu Midrigan

No 19268, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: We show that standard menu cost models cannot simultaneously reproduce the dispersion in the size of micro-price changes and the extent to which the fraction of price changes increases with inflation in the U.S. time-series. Though the Golosov and Lucas (2007) model generates fluctuations in the fraction of price changes, it predicts too little dispersion in the size of price changes and therefore little monetary non-neutrality. In contrast, versions of the model that reproduce the dispersion in the size of price changes and generate stronger monetary non-neutrality predict a nearly constant fraction of price changes.

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Date: 2024-07
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