This paper evaluates inflation targeting and assesses its merits by comparing alternative targets in a macroeconomic model. We use European aggregate data to evaluate the performance of alternative policy rules under alternative inflation targets in terms of output losses. We employ two major...

This study addresses stylized facts of the Greek economy over the period 1960-2003. The findings conveyed the procyclicality of consumption, while it is smoother than income. Investment and government expenses are more volatile than income. Prices are countercyclical, lending support to real...

This paper evaluates the performance of two alternative policy rules, a forward-looking rule and a spontaneous adjustment rule, under alternative inflation targets, in terms of output losses in a macroeconomic model, using European Union data. The simulations suggest that forward-looking rules...

This study addresses stylised facts of the Greek economy over the period 1960–2005. The findings convey the procyclicality of consumption. Consumption is shown to be less volatile but investment and government expenses are shown to be more volatile than income. Prices are countercyclical,...