How are prices adjusted in response to s
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Claudia Kwapil; Johann Scharler; Josef Baumgartner
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract In this paper we investigate the response of prices to shocks based on a survey of Austrian firms. We find that firms are more likely to change prices after a cost shock than after a demand shock. In this vein, our analysis suggests that regular customers are an important explanation fo