developed here to test for unit roots in OECD panels of gross domestic products and inflation rates, yielding inference robust … to the `Great Moderation.' We find little evidence of trend stationarity, and mixed evidence regarding inflation …

In this study, we examine how the interaction between monetary policy and macroeconomic conditions affects inflation … uncertainty in the long-term. The unobservable inflation uncertainty is quantified by means of the slowly evolving unconditional … variance component of inflation in the framework of the semiparametric Spline-GARCH model (Engle and Rangel, 2008). For a cross …

A constant price level facilitates cooperation among firms whereas steady inflation and deflation rates lower firms …' ability to cooperate. In an experimental market with price competition we show that both inflation and deflation signicantly … welfare: depending on the market structure, inflation and deflation lead to significantly lower real prices and higher welfare. …