The observation, analysis and forecasting of inflationary trends is of particular interest to all economic agents -not just to institutions with monetary policy tasks. Almost all central banks have specified a price target as the final goal of monetary policy, for example, and some central banks...

Die Beobachtung, Analyse und Prognose der Inflationsentwicklung ist nicht nur für Institutionen mit geldpolitischen Aufgaben, sondern für alle Wirtschaftsteilnehmer von besonderem Interesse. So haben fast alle Zentralbanken ein Preisziel als Endziel der Geldpolitik vorgegeben und einige...

We theoretically explore long-run stagnation at the zero lower bound in a representative agent framework. We analytically compare expectations-driven stagnation to a secular stagnation episode and find contrasting policy implications for changes in government spending, supply shocks and...

China has been experiencing urbanization at an unprecedented rate over the last two decades. This study analyzes the impact of urbanization on land occupation. Cities are clustered by their functions and development stages, which is illustrated by a cluster tree, a dynamic tree that depicts the...