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Forecasting euro area inflation
Hubrich, Kirstin - 2003
Monitoring and forecasting price developments in the euro area is essential in the light of the second pillar of the ECBu0092s monetary policy strategy. This study analyses whether the forecasting accuracy of forecasting aggregate euro area inflation can be improved by aggregating forecasts of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009635954
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A markup model of inflation for the euro area
Bowdler, Christopher; Jansen, Eilev S. - 2004
Equilibrium correction models of the price level are often used to model inflation. Such models assume that the long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009636529
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Fiscal policy and inflation volatility
Rother, Philipp C. - 2004
Among the harmful effects of inflation, the negative consequences of inflation volatility are of particular concern … inflation volatility. Major results are robust for unconditional and conditional inflation volatility, the latter derived from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009636540
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Is inflation persistence intrinsic in industrial economies?
Levin, Andrew T.; Piger, Jeremy M. - 2004
We apply both classical and Bayesian econometric methods to characterize the dynamic behavior of inflation for twelve … 1990s. Allowing for a break in intercept, the inflation measures generally exhibit relatively low inflation persistence …. Evidently, high inflation persistence is not an inherent characteristic of industrial economies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009636705
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Has euro-area inflation persistence changed over time?
O'Reilly, Gerard; Whelan, Karl - 2004
This paper analyzes the stability over time of the econometric process for Euro-area in nation since 1970, focusing in particular on the behaviour of the so-called persistence parameter (the sum of the coeffcients on the lagged dependent variables). Perhaps surprisingly, in light of the Lucas...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009636706
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The effect of inflation and interest rates on forward-looking effective tax rates
Streif, Frank (contributor); Spengel, Christoph (contributor) - Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) GmbH - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011527484
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Making sustainable consumption and production a reality
Julien, Bruno (contributor) - 2009
This guide shows how a life cycle approach can be used to identify and reduce the environmental and health impacts of the products we use. It underlines the importance of considering these issues across the entire life cycle of a product and sets them within the context of policy development,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009640202
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Private consumption in France - stubbornly high, or responsive to determinants?
Casaux, Suzanne; Ecochard, Pierre - 2011
This Country Focus studies the development of private consumption in France during the decade before the crisis. Are French consumers greater spendthrifts than their European fellows? In this paper, we estimate a consumption function to show that strong growth of private consumption in France...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009641052
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German consumption: is there hope for a revival?
Eppendorfer, Carsten; Stierle, Michael H. - 2008
additional factors such as various components of disposable income, perceived inflation and one-off events like the VAT increase … no longer weigh on private consumption, employment continues to increase and inflation will hopefully abate, there are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009641101
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Assessing the economic impacts of adapting certain limitations and exceptions to copyright and related rights in the EU : analysis of specific policy options
Boulanger, Julian (contributor);  … - Charles River Associates - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011903927