We examine real uncertainty (measured by the variability of real growth) and whether it impacts on inflation. Additionally, we investigate whether nominal or real uncertainty impact on growth and, if so, in what direction. The results indicate that nominal uncertainty impacted negatively on...

This paper examines the relationship between inflation and inflation uncertainty for Greece between 1981 and 2008. Univariate GARCH models are used to generate alternative measures of inflation uncertainty using both seasonally-adjusted and unadjusted data. Granger causality tests are...

The purpose of this paper is to re-examine the profitability of Greek banks (updating Eichengreen and Gibson (2001)) using a panel of Greek banks over the extended period to 2003 instead of 1993-1998 as in the original paper. We argue that the period since 1998 has largely been one of...