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Measures of central banks` independence and central banks` accountability which are based on an interpretation of their statutes provide, in themselves, no guidance for the assessment of legislative proposals. In the effectiveness of monetary policy, the crucial considerations relate to how...
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The theory of policy credibility has been influential in both the design of monetary policymaking institutions and in the implementation of policy. In particular, the idea that `reputation` is important has been widely accepted. However, careful attention to its assumptions and implications of...
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Data from two different primary sources were used to construct indices of house prices (HPI) and rents (RRPI) of residential property located in London and the Home Counties between 1895 and 1939.  The indices were derived using the hedonics method of price index measurement, which extracts the...
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UK inflation varied greatly over 1865-1990, in response to many policy and exchange-rate regimes, two world wars and … each of these. Variables representative of most theories of inflation mattered empirically over the sample, yielding an …
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Empirical models of inflation often incorporate equilibrium correction effects based upon levels of prices and input … permanent shifts in the markup factor through estimating an inflation equation that includes a time-varying intercept. The model …
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of the system to one comprising inflation and relative prices. This is then estimated in I(1) space. An impulse response … on domestic inflation is moderated. This explains why the depreciation of sterling in 1992 left inflation unchanged. In … contrast, high real import prices in 1974 increased inflation because wage accommodation effects were absent. …
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Standard open economy models predict that openness to trade should exert a positive effect on the slope of the output-inflation …
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inflation dynamics in open economies, but previous studies have not made a distinction between fixed and floating exchange rate … driving output and inflation (the underlying theory requires that monetary shocks dominate). We calculate new measures of the …
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In this paper we introduce a small Keynesian model of economic growth which is centered around two advanced types of Phillips curves, one for money wages and one for prices, both being augmented by perfect myopic foresight and supplemented by a measure of the medium-term inflationary climate...
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Recent decades have seen a considerable expansion of global trade and a simultaneous decline in inflation volatility …. This paper investigates whether greater openness to trade helps achieve inflation stability. Using panel data for a sample … effect of openness on inflation volatility. This relationship is estimated after controlling for the potential endogeneity of …
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