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This paper introduces a novel measure of consumer inflation expectations: We elicit and combine inflation forecasts across categories of personal consumption expenditure to form an aggregated measure of inflation expectations. Drawing on answers from nearly 60,000 respondents, our data cover the...
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to forecasting HICP inflation, our analysis suggests to favor the aggregation of subindices forecasts. Furthermore, the …
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The impact of weekly, monthly and quarterly time aggregation on estimates of price change is examined for nineteen … different supermarket item categories over a fifteen month period using scanner data. We find that time aggregation choices (the … superlative indexes. Monthly and (in some cases even) quarterly time aggregation were found to be insufficient to eliminate …
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that the more aggregate the data, the closer the distribution to perfect staggering. This result holds for both aggregation …
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This paper deals with the analysis of price-setting in U.S. manufacturing industries. Recent studies have heavily criticized the ability of the New Keynesian Phillips curve (NKPC) to fit aggregate inflation (see, e.g., Rudd and Whelan, 2006). We challenge this evidence, showing that...
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This paper considers the problem of aggregation in the case of large linear dynamic panels, where each micro unit is … Pesaran (2003), an optimal aggregate function is derived, and the limiting behavior of the aggregation error is investigated … which 'observed' inflation persistence at the aggregate level is due to aggregation and/or common unobserved factors. Our …
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This paper considers the problem of aggregation in the case of large linear dynamic panels, where each micro unit is … Pesaran (2003), an optimal aggregate function is derived, and the limiting behavior of the aggregation error is investigated … which ‘observed’ inflation persistence at the aggregate level is due to aggregation and/or common unobserved factors. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008839293
This paper considers the problem of aggregation in the case of large linear dynamic panels, where each micro unit is … Pesaran (2003), an optimal aggregate function is derived, and the limiting behavior of the aggregation error is investigated … which ‘observed’ inflation persistence at the aggregate level is due to aggregation and/or common unobserved factors. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008853858
This paper investigates the problem of aggregation in the case of large linear dynamic panels, where each micro unit is … extent to which ‘observed’ inflation persistence at the aggregate level is due to aggregation and/or common unobserved …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011052295
The Norwegian productivity puzzle is rooted in three seemingly contradictory “facts”: First, Norway is one of the most productive OECD countries. Second, Norway has experienced high growth in productivity. Third, Norway has a relatively low level of R&D intensity. In this article, I show...
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