Author : Eytan Sheshinski
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (188 download)
Book Synopsis Optimum Pricing Policy Under Stochastic Inflation by : Eytan Sheshinski
Download or read book Optimum Pricing Policy Under Stochastic Inflation written by Eytan Sheshinski and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this paper we consider pricing policies of individual firms in an inflationary environment. Each firm expects the general price level increase and must determine the rate of increase of its own price. It is assumed that the firm incurs an adjustment cost when it changes its nominal price. Consequently, firms choose to change prices occasionally rather than continuously. Our purpose is to analyze the dependence of the magnitude and the frequency of nominal price changes on the inflationary process. This problem has been analyzed by Sheshinski and Weiss 1977 and 1979 for the case of a fixed and certain rate of increase in the aggregate price level. This paper extends the analysis to the case of uncertainty.