On the Output-Inflation Relationship When Price and Quantity Adjustments are Costly

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A vast literature analyzes the real effects of price-adjustment costs assuming that quantity adjustments are costless. In this paper, we analyze whether the presence of quantity-adjustments costs, which presumably are significant, change the traditional results on the impact of inflation. In particular, recent findings suggest that quantity-adjustment costs may remove the linkage between output and inflation. We show that this is not the case when inflation is anticipated. On the contrary, quantity-adjustment costs may significantly amplify the consequences of price-adjustment costs
Original languageEnglish
PublisherUniversity of Munich
Number of pages12
Publication statusPublished - 2000

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