Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/75511 
Year of Publication: 
2000
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 277
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Market power exercised by firms has become central to macroeconomics. Recent theoretical work highlights the importance of the relation between market power and inflation. We examine this relation for individual firms in eleven U.S. industries. Our econometric framework exploits restrictions from dynamic theory and information from financial markets to generate quantitative evidence on the responsiveness of market power to inflation. We find that inflation usually has a positive effect on market power. This relation is heterogeneous across the eleven industries, and statistically significant positive relations are concentrated in industries with little market power.
JEL: 
E31
E32
L16
Document Type: 
Working Paper
Appears in Collections:

Files in This Item:
File
Size





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.