Financial Market Imperfections and the Pricing Decision of Firms: Theory and Evidence

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This paper investigates how financial market imperfections and nominal rigidities interact. Based on new firm-level evidence for Germany, we document that financially constrained firms adjust prices more often than their unconstrained counterparts. In particular, financially constrained firms do not only increase prices, but also decrease prices more often. We show that these empirical patterns are consistent with a partial equilibrium menu-cost model with financial frictions. Our results suggest that tighter financial constraints are associated with higher nominal rigidities, higher prices and lower output. Furthermore, financial recessions may induce very different dynamics than normal recessions if the relative size of unexpected financial shocks is large relative to aggregate price shocks.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2015: Ökonomische Entwicklung - Theorie und Politik - Session: Microdata on price setting ; No. G01-V3

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Price Level; Inflation; Deflation ; Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy ; Business Fluctuations; Cycles

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Balleer, Almut ; Hristov, Nikolay ; Kleemann, Michael ; Menno, Dominik
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2015

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/113054
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET