Replication data for: Sticky-Price Models and Durable Goods

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Robert B. Barsky; Christopher L. House; Miles S. Kimball

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Project Citation: 

Barsky, Robert B., House, Christopher L., and Kimball, Miles S. Replication data for: Sticky-Price Models and Durable Goods. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2007. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116281V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary The inclusion of a durable goods sector in sticky-price models has strong and unexpected implications. Even if most prices are flexible, a small durable goods sector with sticky prices may be sufficient to make aggregate output react to monetary policy as though most prices were sticky. In contrast, flexibly priced durables with sufficiently long service lives can undo the implications of standard sticky price models. In a limiting case, flexibly priced durables cause monetary policy to have no effect on aggregate output. Our analysis suggests that durable goods prices are the most relevant data for calibrating price rigidity. (JEL E21, E23, E31, E52)

Scope of Project

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      E21 Macroeconomics: Consumption; Saving; Wealth
      E23 Macroeconomics: Production
      E31 Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
      E52 Monetary Policy


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