The aim of the present article is to analyze the convergence of regional inflation rates in Turkey from 2004 to 2015 by … adopting a distribution dynamics approach, namely discrete time Markovian chains. Convergence across regional inflation rates … is politically a crucial matter for two reasons. First, if inflation rates differ largely between regions, monetary …

determinants of inflation differentials in a panel of the states of the Euro area in 19992007 using alternative classifications of …In this paper, we present evidence on the statistical features of observed dispersion in HICP inflation rates in the … Euro area. Our descriptive exercise shows that there is still a remarkable dispersion of HICP inflation rates across the …

This paper investigates the question of whether there exists evidence in support of inflation convergence within the … European Union. The analysis also focuses on whether the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) helped to accelerate inflation …