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International Food Commodity Prices and Missing (Dis)Inflation in the Euro Area
Peersman, Gert - 2019
This paper examines the causal effects of shifts in international food commodity prices on euro area inflation dynamics …%- 30% of inflation volatility. In addition, large autonomous swings in international food prices contributed significantly … to the twin puzzle of missing disinflation and missing inflation in the era after the Great Recession. Specifically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892245
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Real Convergence, Price Level Convergence and Inflation Differentials in Europe
Égert, Balázs - 2021
root of different inflation rates in Europe including the EU-27. Among others, we study the structural and cyclical factors … descriptive statistics. Subsequently, we set out the possible mismatches between price level convergence and inflation rates … factors on observed inflation rates first in an accounting framework and then by relying on panel estimations. Our estimation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316808
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Inflation Persistence in Europe : The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic and of the Russia-Ukraine War
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Infante, Juan; Gil-Alana, Luis A. - 2022
inflation persistence in both the euro zone and the European Union as a whole (EU27). For this purpose a fractional integration … evidence of a significant increase in inflation persistence (especially in the case of the EU27, for which in addition to jumps …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014242004
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The economic determinants of U.S. presidential approval: A survey
Berlemann, Michael; Enkelmann, Sören - 2012
economy. While about half of all studies for the United States find a significant effect of unemployment and inflation on … choice of the sample period is of crucial importance. While in the very long run we find unemployment, inflation and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281454
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Effects of corporate tax reforms on SMEs' investment decisions under the particular consideration of inflation
Nam, Chang Woon; Radulescu, Doina Maria - 2005
Corporate tax reforms carried out in EU countries since 1980 entail lower statutory tax rates and reductions in generous tax depreciation provisions. Several countries including the UK have reduced tax rates for SMEs. This study compares incentive effects of such reforms on the SMEs? investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261282
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Real convergence, price level convergence and inflation differentials in Europe
Égert, Balázs - 2007
root of different inflation rates in Europe including the EU-27. Among others, we study the structural and cyclical factors … descriptive statistics. Subsequently, we set out the possible mismatches between price level convergence and inflation rates … factors on observed inflation rates first in an accounting framework and then by relying on panel estimations. Our estimation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264234
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Inflation and inflation uncertainty in the Euro Area
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Onorante, Luca; Paesani, Paolo - 2009
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271965
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Tracking Weekly State-Level Economic Conditions
Baumeister, Christiane; Leiva-Leon, Danilo; Sims, Eric R. - 2021
In this paper, we develop a novel dataset of weekly economic conditions indices for the 50 U.S. states going back to 1987 based on mixed-frequency dynamic factor models with weekly, monthly, and quarterly variables that cover multiple dimensions of state economies. We show that there is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013220135
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Is There Job Polarization in Developing Economies? A Review and Outlook
Martins-Neto, Antonio; Mathew, Nanditha; Mohnen, Pierre; … - 2022
This paper analyses the evidence of job polarization in developing and emerging economies. We carry out an extensive literature review, revealing that job polarization in these countries is only incipient compared to other advanced economies. We then examine the possible moderating aspects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013312077
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The price puzzle revisited: can the cost channel explain a rise in inflation after a monetary policy shock?
Henzel, Steffen; Hülsewig, Oliver; Mayer, Eric; … - 2007
restrictions which are not rejected by the data - the cost channel helps to generate an initial rise of inflation after a monetary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264162