@techreport{efd24744fbdc4ff880f3fde002c6399f,
title = "Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics 120: An I(2) analysis of inflation and the markup",
abstract = "An I(2) analysis of Australian inflation and the markup is undertaken within an imperfect competition model. It is found that the levels of prices and costs are best characterised as integrated of order 2 and that a linear combination of the levels (which may be defined as the markup) cointegrates with price inflation. From the empirical analysis we obtain a long-run relationship where higher inflation is associated with a lower markup and vice versa. The impact in the long-run of inflation on the markup is interpreted as the cost to firms of overcoming missing information when adjusting prices in an inflationary environment.",
keywords = "Inflation, Wages, Prices, Markup, I(2), Polynomial cointegration",
author = "Anindya Banerjee and Lynne Cockerell and Bill Russell",
note = "This paper was also published by Wiley in Journal of Applied Econometrics, Vol. 16 (3), pp. 221-240 The definitive version is available at www3.interscience.wiley.com ",
year = "2000",
language = "English",
series = "Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics",
publisher = "University of Dundee",
number = "120",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "University of Dundee",
}