Burstein, A., Carvalho, V. M. and Grassi, B.
Bottom-up Markup Fluctuations
WP Number: 2045
Abstract: We study markup cyclicality in a granular macroeconomic model with oligopolistic competition. We characterize the comovement of firm, sectoral, and economy-wide markups with sectoral and aggregate output following firm-level shocks. We then quantify the model’s ability to reproduce salient features of the cyclical properties of markups in French administrative firm-level data, from the bottom (firm) level to the aggregate level. Our model helps rationalize various, seemingly conflicting, measures of markup cyclicality in the French data.
Keywords: Aggregate Fluctuations, Firm Dynamics, Granularity, Markup Cyclicality, Oligopolistic Competition
Author links: Vasco Carvalho
PDF: wp2045.pdf
Open Access Link: 10.17863/CAM.62308