We find that markups increased by about 30 percent on average over the sample period. The change is primarily attributable to decreases in marginal costs, as real prices only increased slightly from 2006 to 2019. Our estimates indicate that consumers have become less price sensitive over time. That is from a new NBER working paper […] The post Not the worst news… appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.
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