Studies on brazilian price setting

• Grant number: 11/03331-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: August 01, 2011
• End date: April 30, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Economics - Fiscal and Monetary Policies
• Principal Investigator: Bernardo de Vasconcellos Guimaraes
• Grantee: André Chaves Mazini
• Host Institution: Escola de Economia de São Paulo (EESP). Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The goal of the thesis is to study the price-setting behavior in Brazil via microdata on prices. We will try to find out if it is the current or the expected inflation that matter to firms when changing their prices. Furthermore, through inflationary shocks we will infer if the framework is one of time or state dependency. (AU)