This paper explores the stability of the relation between money demand for M3 and inflation in the euro area by … including the recent period of the financial crisis. Evidence is based on a cointegration analysis, where inflation and asset … inflation are identified. The results indicate that the equilibrium evolution of M3 is still in line with money demand. In the …

independence and inflation. Making use of data on the evolution of central bank independence over time and controlling for possible … country's inflation performance. Examining a cross-section of up to 69 countries, we are able to show that granting a central … bank more autonomy does not necessarily lead to better inflation performance. To lower inflation by increasing independence …

This paper employs a stylized New Keynesian DSGE model for a monetary union to analyze whether cyclical inflation … the fraction of borrowers and to a lesser extent the loan-to-value ratio - generate inflation differentials that are … characteristics of financial markets should be seen as a possible alternative explanation for the observable inflation dispersion in …

changeover, Italian retailers have increased the number of price adjustments, which has translated into a higher inflation rate …

and beyond the determinants of currency invoicing (i.e., inflation rate, inflation volatility, foreign exchange market … by a drop in inflation volatility. …

to the share of the term in office elapsed, political and regime instability, the occurrence of elections, and inflation … independence. This is confirmed in models for cross-section inflation in which TOR becomes insignificant once its endogeneity is …

This study evaluates the role market competition plays in determining inflation based on sector-level data from OECD … countries. In theory, trade openness can affect inflation through changes in market competitiveness and productivity … of market competition. This study shows that inflation decreases with greater market competitiveness even after …

import prices only to a small extent, it may have a substantial impact on inflation, as it exerts a sizeable impact on the …

economy. While about half of all studies for the United States find a significant effect of unemployment and inflation on … choice of the sample period is of crucial importance. While in the very long run we find unemployment, inflation and the …

asymmetry of sectoral relative-price changes and the aggregate inflation rate. This correlation is widely interpreted as … evidence that short-run inflation is determined by supply-side factors; however, we study whether, in addition to the inflation …, that the positive and significant effect of relative-price change asymmetries on inflation is not robust with respect to …