This paper reviews both theoretical and empirical issues regarding inflation and evaluates the contribution of Kyrtsou … and Labys. Analytically it is very difficult to propose a general theory of inflation because as economies evolve over … time both new causes of inflation emerge and the consequences of inflation become more complex. Kyrtsou and Labys perform …

the PC and explain the evolution of inflation and unemployment in the US from 1970 to 2006. Since our empirical … and inflation, while the monetary expansion was quite ineffective and led mainly to higher inflation. Finally, the …

the PC and explain the evolution of inflation and unemployment in the US from 1970 to 2006. Since our empirical … and inflation, while the monetary expansion was quite ineffective and led mainly to higher inflation. Finally, the …

. In particular, the consequences of inflation having discrete breaks in mean, for example caused by supply shocks and the … dynamic inflation terms of the Phillips curve. We suggest a method to account for the breaks in mean and obtain meaningful and … from more traditional approaches, most recently undertaken by Cogley and Sbordone (2008). -- Phillips curve ; inflation …

' PC (relating the level of the inflation rate, not the change in this rate, to the rate of unemployment); and the …

chain reactions, and provides new evidence on the long-run inflation-unemployment tradeoff in the US. It is argued that … inflation/unemployment responses to money growth shocks. SVAR (structural vector autoregression) and GMM (generalised method of … and real sides of the economy are symbiotic. In the light of the significant and robust long-run inflation …

chain reactions, and provides new evidence on the long-run inflation-unemployment tradeoff in the US. It is argued that … inflation/unemployment responses to money growth shocks. SVAR (structural vector autoregression) and GMM (generalised method of … and real sides of the economy are symbiotic. In the light of the significant and robust long-run inflation …

rate rule. It is based on sticky wages and prices, perfect foresight of current inflation rates and adaptive expectations … concerning the inflation climate in which the economy operates. A version of Okun's law is used to link capacity utilization to … will lose this feature if the inflationary climate variable or the price inflation rate itself adjusts sufficiently fast …

the Phillips curve over time. We consider different specifications and different measures for inflation. Furthermore, we ….S. headline inflation has remained empirically relevant over the years. …

the Phillips curve over time. We considerdifferent specifications and different measures for inflation. Furthermore, we ….S. headline inflation has remained empirically relevant over the years …