This paper estimates a time-varying AR-GARCH model of inflation producing measures of inflation uncertainty for the … policy regime change associated with the start of EMU in 1999. The main findings are as follows. Steady-state inflation and … inflation uncertainty have declined steadily since the inception of EMU, whilst short-run uncertainty has increased, mainly …

This paper investigates the relationship between inflation and inflation uncertainty in twelve EMU countries. A time …-varying GARCH model is estimated to distinguish between short-run and steady-state inflation uncertainty. The effects of the …-state inflation has generally remained stable, steady-state inflation uncertainty and inflation persistence have both increased, and …

changeover, Italian retailers have increased the number of price adjustments, which has translated into a higher inflation rate …

directly on the relationship between the rate of change of the money stock and inflation. We believe that this is an inferior … instrument for the long-run control of inflation. An important finding that contradicts all of the previous literature is that … the QTM holds for low inflation as well as for high inflation. We discuss how our findings relate to monetarism generally …

restrictions which are not rejected by the data - the cost channel helps to generate an initial rise of inflation after a monetary …

compares price inflation before the crisis with the necessary and actual price cuts that have taken place since the outbreak of … the crisis, predicting a decade of stagnation for the south and inflation for the north. Keynesian demand policy is …

import prices only to a small extent, it may have a substantial impact on inflation, as it exerts a sizeable impact on the …

This study evaluates the role market competition plays in determining inflation based on sector-level data from OECD … countries. In theory, trade openness can affect inflation through changes in market competitiveness and productivity … of market competition. This study shows that inflation decreases with greater market competitiveness even after …