Can small menu costs explain sticky prices?

Arthur Fishman; Avi Simhon

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2004.06.026

Can small menu costs explain sticky prices?

Arthur Fishman^*, Avi Simhon

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Environmental Economics and Management

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Abstract

We develop a model in which even very small adjustment costs can lead to substantive price rigidity. We show that, facing a cost increasing shock, if firms expect competitors to keep prices unchanged, price rigidity may be a self-fulfilling prophesy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	227-230
Number of pages	4
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	87
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2004.06.026
State	Published - May 2005

Keywords

Coordination failure
Price rigidity
Search
Small menu costs

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