The question addressed by this study is whether consumers remember past prices correctly. We test Italian citizensï …¿½ memory for cinema prices with questionnaires distributed to moviegoers. The analysis concentrates on the memory of pre …-euro prices, but the recall for a more recent period is also investigated. The results show that only a small percentage of …

In this paper we analyse the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices, which plays a key role in conduct of monetary policy … in the euro area. Knowledge of the characteristics of the short-term evolution of consumer prices for each country and …

What kind of information do stock prices offer for predicting velocity? This paper develops previous work by Milton …

This paper reviews the existing empirical evidence on the short-term impact on prices of fiscal variables and assesses … Commission and the OECD models. Overall, a broad consensus appears on the impact on prices of changes in individual government … limited impact on prices in the first year while, in contrast, changes in indirect taxes and employers� social security …