In dieser Studie wird die Genauigkeit der Inflationsmessung in Deutschland am Beispiel des Preisindex für die Lebenshaltung theoretisch und empirisch untersucht. In vergleichbaren Untersuchungen, wie sie bisher insbesondere für die USA angestellt wurden, sind vier wichtige ,,Fehler-" quellen...

In this study, a system-wide financial stress index (SWFSI) for the Hungarian financial system is developed. The indicator measures the joint stress level of the Hungarian financial systems main segments: the spot foreign exchange market, the foreign exchange swap market, the secondary market of...

Over the last decade Slovenia has achieved clear and positive macro-economic results that have placed it among the most successful transitions countries. The basic indicators show that it has been integrating and catching up with European Union member states at an ever increasing pace. Despite...

In this paper we review the well-known problem of how to measure price developments when the quality of the underlying goods and services is changing over time. The importance of appropriate methods to take account of quality change is highlighted from the perspective of monetary policy. In...

The New Keynesian Phillips curve (NKPC) has become the dominant model on inflation dynamics. Moreover, a large body of empirical research has documented in recent years price-setting behaviour at the individual level, which allows the assessment of the microfoundations of pricing models. It is...

Following Keen and Marchand (1997), the paper analyses the effect of fiscal competition on the composition of public spending in a model where capital and skilled workers are mobile while low skilled workers are immobile. Taxes are levied on capital and labour. Each group of workers benefits...