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We study the pass-through of exchange rate changes to consumer prices for the euro area by estimating vector error correction models for Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain. Using the weights of the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) we compute a weighted average of the...
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Declining inflation rates might have negative consequences for tax revenues. Phenomena like the inflationary bracket … lay the theoretical base followed by a descriptive view on the relation between inflation, growth and tax revenues in the … reveal that an end of inflation would have a negative impact on tax revenues for a number of OECD countries. The results also …
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This paper deals with a critical assessment and a reestimation of the "non-accelerating in ation rate of unemployment" (NAIRU) for Germany. There are quite a few obstacles to perceiving the NAIRU as an understandable and easy-to-use analytical instrument, suitable for economic policy: the...
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Phillips curve, the sum of coefficients associated with expected inflation is far beyond unity, whatever measure of expected … inflation rates is employed. Therefore, either the NAIRU concept is not applicable to Germany or, as it is our suggestion, one … estimates the unemployment rate that is compatible with a tolerable inflation rate of say 2 percent following roughly the …
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data on export unit values. Parameter estimation relies on GMM first difference, fixed effects, LAD, OLS first difference …
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index. The estimation confirms the importance of quality adjustment since the decline of average prices at 7 percent p.a. is … substantially lower, thus overestimating computer prices and inflation. When the hedonic index for German computer prices is … Inflation wird zu hoch ausgewiesen. Bei der Analyse der Preisentwicklung für PCs in Deutschland (bezogen auf den Direktmarkt …
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several years until cartel victims obtain damages. Interest and inflation are thus two key drivers of adequate compensation … legal systems treat interest and inflation as part of competition law actions for damages, and, using real-world data from …
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Central bank surveys frequently elicit households' probabilistic beliefs about future inflation. However, most … household surveys use a response scale that is tailored towards low-inflation regimes. Using data from a randomized controlled … trial included in the Bundesbank Online Panel Households, we show (i) that keeping the original scale in high-inflation …
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We examine financial literacy in Germany and its relevance for financial well-being. Using data from the Panel on Household Finances collected in 2021, we show that about 62% of German households answer the Big Three financial literacy questions correctly. Those with lower education, who are out...
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This paper deals with a critical assessment and a reestimation of the "non-accelerating in ation rate of unemployment" (NAIRU) for Germany. There are quite a few obstacles to perceiving the NAIRU as an understandable and easy-to-use analytical instrument, suitable for economic policy: the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097479