Calvo price-setting framework

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The Calvo price-setting framework is a macroeconomic model of staggered price adjustment in which only a random fraction of firms can change their prices in any given period, generating nominal rigidity and realistic inflation dynamics.

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Calvo pricing model 1

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instanceOf New Keynesian pricing assumption ⓘ
macroeconomic model ⓘ
price-setting framework ⓘ
assumes geometric distribution of price durations ⓘ
contrastsWith Taylor staggered contracts ⓘ
state-dependent pricing models ⓘ
enables tractable log-linearization around steady state ⓘ
field macroeconomics ⓘ
monetary economics ⓘ
hasKeyAssumption a fixed fraction of firms cannot adjust prices in each period ⓘ
firms are monopolistic competitors ⓘ
firms choose prices to maximize expected discounted profits ⓘ
households have rational expectations ⓘ
nominal prices are set in terms of money ⓘ
probability of being allowed to reset price is independent of firm history ⓘ
hasKeyFeature constant probability of price adjustment each period ⓘ
forward-looking inflation dynamics ⓘ
fraction of firms keep prices fixed each period ⓘ
menu-cost-free nominal rigidity ⓘ
microfoundations for the New Keynesian Phillips curve ⓘ
nominal rigidity ⓘ
price dispersion across firms ⓘ
random opportunity for price adjustment ⓘ
staggered price adjustment ⓘ
time-dependent pricing ⓘ
implies New Keynesian Phillips curve ⓘ
average duration of prices is inverse of adjustment probability ⓘ
inflation depends on expected future inflation ⓘ
inflation depends on real marginal cost or output gap ⓘ
influenced modern central bank macroeconomic models ⓘ
introducedBy Guillermo A. Calvo ⓘ
introducedIn 1983 ⓘ
mathematicallyCharacterizedBy Calvo parameter for price stickiness ⓘ
hazard rate of price adjustment ⓘ
namedAfter Guillermo A. Calvo ⓘ
relatedConcept Phillips curve ⓘ
dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models ⓘ
monetary policy transmission ⓘ
nominal rigidity ⓘ
sticky prices ⓘ
usedIn New Keynesian DSGE models ⓘ
business cycle models ⓘ
inflation dynamics studies ⓘ
monetary policy analysis ⓘ

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New Keynesian Phillips Curve → derivedFrom → Calvo pricing model ⓘ
linked to: Calvo price-setting framework