Summary of Results for the Euro Area

Pricing Decisions in the Euro Area: How Firms Set Prices and Why

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Fabiani, Silvia ^a   Loupias, Claire ^b   Druant, Martine ^c   Hernando, Ignacio ^d   Kwapil, Claudia ^e,f   Landau, Bettina ^l   Martins, Fernando ^g,h   Mathä, Thomas ⁱ   Roberto, Sabbatini ^a   Stahl, Harald ^j   Stokman, Ad ^k  

^a Research Department of the Bank of Italy   (Italy)

^b University of Evry and EPEE   (France)

^c Research Department of the National Bank of Belgium   (Belgium)

^d BANCO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^g BANCO DE PORTUGAL   (Portugal)

^h Universidade Lusada de Lisboa   (Portugal)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^j DEUTSCHE BUNDESBANK   (Germany)

^k DE NEDERLANDSCHE BANK   (Netherlands)

^l NONE

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Author keywords

Asymmetries in price adjustment; Euro area firms; Price setting; Price stickiness; Survey data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920753745     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195309287.003.0003     Document Type: Chapter

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