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linked to the monetary policy regime. Before and after the "Great Inflation", nominal wages moved in the same direction as … the (required) adjustment of real wages, and in the opposite direction of the price response. During the "Great Inflation … increasing inflation volatility. Using a standard DSGE model, we show that these stylized facts, in particular the estimated …
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stronger bargaining position when they try to prevent a cut in money wages. If inflation is so low that some money wages have … to be cut, workers stronger bargaining position requires higher unemployment in equilibrium. However, inflation is more … stable when money wage rigidity binds, providing an incentive for monetary policy makers to choose a low target for inflation …
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We study the effects of forward-looking communication in an environment of rising inflation rates on German consumers …' inflation expectations using a randomized control trial. We show that information about rising inflation increases short- and … long-term inflation expectations. This initial increase in expectations can be mitigated using forward-looking information …
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as exceptionally low inflation and substantial fluctuations in nominal and real uncertainty, is used to study the …. Results obtained suggest that expected inflation, nominal and real uncertainty account for most of the secular and cyclical …
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We study how investors respond to inflation combining a customized survey experiment with trading data at a time of … historically high inflation. Investors’ beliefs about the stock return-inflation relation are very heterogeneous in the cross … section and on average too optimistic. Moreover, many investors appear unaware of inflation-hedging strategies despite being …
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This paper reviews the literature on the effects of low steady-state inflation on wage formation, focusing on four … different effects. First, under low inflation, downward nominal wage rigidity (DNWR) may prevent real wage cuts that would have … happened had inflation been higher. Second, wages (and prices) are given in nominal contracts, and inflation affects both how …
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The effect of a permanent change of inflation on the distribution of wealth is analyzed in a general equilibrium OLG … of inflation results in a lower stock market participation rate; in addition, the distribution of wealth becomes more … anticipated inflation are considerably lower than in Imrohoroglu (1992). …
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-in the context of a historic surge in inflation. We measure economic narratives in open-ended survey responses and represent …, households' narratives strongly shape their inflation expectations, which we demonstrate with descriptive survey data and a …
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impact of trend inflation on price flexibility, and the relationship between announcement and implementation effects. This is … zero-inflation steady state. We show that a suitable calibration of the model has similar effects on macroeconomic … variables as standard versions of the menu cost model. It replicates the effect of trend inflation on the impulse response to …
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We study investors' perceptions of inflation through the lens of a high-frequency event study and document that they … have a stagflationary view of the world. In response to higher-than-expected inflation, investors expect firms' nominal … even decline, with increases in nominal yields offset by larger increases in inflation expectations. Consistent with a …
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