The paper analyses the reasons for Japan’s persistently low inflation since the bursting of the Japanese bubble economy … (low inflation conundrum). It is shown that Japan experienced a structural break from a high-growth period with relatively … high inflation to a low-growth period with exceptionally low inflation since the early 1990s. We show based on a stylized …

aggregate demand gains momentum. If inflation also has inertia, the central bank still overheats the economy during the low …

independence and inflation. Making use of data on the evolution of central bank independence over time and controlling for possible … country's inflation performance. Examining a cross-section of up to 69 countries, we are able to show that granting a central … bank more autonomy does not necessarily lead to better inflation performance. To lower inflation by increasing independence …

We develop an asset-pricing model with endogenous corporate policies that explains how inflation jointly impacts real … when inflation falls. An increase in inflation has opposite effects, but with smaller magnitudes. In the cross section, the … model predicts the negative impact of inflation on real equity values is stronger for low leverage firms. We find empirical …

This paper examines long-range dependence in the inflation rates of the G7 countries by estimating their (fractional …