Abstract

This paper examines the asset pricing implications of nominal rigidities. Firms that adjust their product prices infrequently earn a return premium of 4% per year. Merging unique product-price data at the firm level with stock returns, I document that the premium for sticky-price firms is a robust feature of the data and varies substantially over the business cycle. The premium is not driven by other firm and industry characteristics. Differential exposure to systematic risk fully explains the premium for sticky-price firms.

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