Industry structure and the dynamics of price adjustment

Anindya Banerjee
2001 Applied Economics  
Using annual US data for gross domestic product originating by sector between 1947 and 1997 it is shown that a negative long-run relationship between inflation and the markup is present across the sectors as well as in the aggregate. A preliminary explanation based on industry structure is explored for the relative sizes of the impact of inflation on the markup in the long-run for the various sectors.
doi:10.1080/00036840010021131 fatcat:epchfffglvasxfgrwg2kdtcuhe