We investigate the relevance of the Carroll's sticky information model of inflation expectations for four major European economies (France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom). Using survey data on household and expert inflation expectations we argue that the model adequately captures the...

We estimate the sticky information Phillips curve model ofMankiw and Reis (2002) using survey expectations of professional forecasters from four major European economies. Our estimates imply that inflation expectations in France, Germany and the United Kingdom are updated about once a year, in...

We estimate the sticky information Phillips curve model of Mankiw and Reis (2002) using survey expectations of professional forecasters from four major European economies. Our estimates imply that inflation expectations in France, Germany and the United Kingdom are updated about once a year, in...

Diese Studie ist eine Bestandsaufnahme der Arbeitsmarktpolitik und ihrer Wirksamkeit unter den sich verändernden Arbeitsmarktbedingungen der 70er und 80er Jahre. Nach einem kurzen Überblick über den historischen Hintergrund und über die institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen (Kapitel 1) werden...