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We analyse the adjustment of retail and services prices in a period of low inflation, using a set of individual price … data from the German Consumer Price Index which covers the years 1998 to 2003. We strong find evidence of time- and state …-dependent price adjustment. Most importantly, the differences in unconditionalʺ sectoral price flexibility are found to be linked to …
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, neither the fat-tails of return data nor the price relationship between an asset of interest and the bench market portfolio …
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Risk neutral densities (RND) can be used to forecast the price of the underlying basis for the option, or it may be … used to price other derivates based on the same sequence. The method adopted in this paper to calculate the RND is to firts … estimate daily the diffusion process of the underlying futures contract for foreign exchange, based on the price of the …
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Density forecasts have become quite important in economics and finance. For example, such forecasts play a central role in modern financial risk management techniques like Value at Risk. This paper suggests a regression based density forecast evaluation framework as a simple alternative to other...
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money for future price movements is examined. Adapting an in-sample analysis, Divisia aggregates are important for HICP …
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This paper shows that the degree of competition affects the current account response to nominal shocks. The mechanism hinges on the relationship between the mark-up and the degree of real rigidity of prices. In a model with intermediate goods, the degree of real rigidity increases in the markup....
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monetary overhang, the price gap, and the nominal money gap. The price gap is a comprehensive indicator of inflationary … implications of using the price gap in Phillipstype equations for the dynamics of inflation are discussed as well. Section 3 … analyses the role of the price gap in the monetary transmission process more closely. The P-Star model and a New …
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This paper evaluates the consequences of accelerated technical progress for monetary transmission and the speed of adjustment in the real economy. With a decreasing service life, the long term rate relevant to real demand will resemble more closely the money market rate. We make the investment...
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