regards the possibility of a time-varying mean of inflation. Moreover, we conduct a sensitivity analysis across different … of the Phillips curve occurring in the early to mid 1980s, but not in inflation persistence once the mean shift is … allowed for. As a result of the structural change, the Phillips curve became flatter around a lower mean of inflation. Second …

This paper investigates both cross-sectional asymmetry (related to bank-specific characteristics like size and … to monetary policy. The first type of asymmetry is accounted for by including interaction terms, and the second type is …-sectional asymmetry. …

after four years. Credit shocks have a positive effect on inflation and explain about 35% of the forecast error variance … inflation is insignificant and their share in explaining the forecast error variance negligible. For the US, regime 1 captures … periods of stable GDP growth, and low and stable inflation, combined with accelerating asset prices. We find procyclical …

The time series of various economic variables often exhibit asymmetry: decreases in the values tend to be sharp and … fast, whereas increases usually occur slowly and gradually. We detect signs of an analogous asymmetry in firms’ wage … shocks in the same variables. As well as describing the presence of asymmetry in the speed of wage adjustment, we investigate …

In this paper we explore the link between the intensity of product market competition and inflation rates across EU … countries and sectors. We consider long-term averages of inflation rates in order to remove the cyclical behavior of inflation … product market competition, as proxied by the level of mark-up in particular, is an important driver of inflation …

setting behaviour of Portuguese firms. Inflation, the level of economic activity and the magnitude of the last price change …

This paper shows that inflation in industrialized countries is largely a global phenomenon. First, inflations of (22 … associated to Global Inflation is not only due to the trend components of inflation (up from 1960 to 1980 and down thereafter …) but also to fluctuations at business cycle frequencies. Second, Global Inflation is, consistently with standard models of …