Showing 1 - 10 of 209
This paper investigates whether exchange rate pass-through (ERPT) into import prices is a nonlinear phenomenon for five heavily indebted Euro area countries, namely the so-called GIIPS group (Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Spain). Using logistic smooth transition models, we explore the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401735
sensitivity of import prices has not fallen since 1999. We also point out a significant role played by the inflation in the … inflation environment. Overall, our findings support the view that the extent of pass-through is comprised of both macro- and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653283
An empirical analysis of the impact of labour market structures on the response of inflation to macroeconomic shocks is … presented. Results based on a 20 country panel show that if labour market coordination is high, the effect on inflation of … inflation to its reduced form determinants. These findings are attributed to the behaviour of wages following movements in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262222
The aim of this paper is to provide new empirical evidence on the impact of international financial integration on the long-run Real Exchange Rate (RER) in 39 developing countries belonging to three different geographical regions (Latin America, Asia and MENA). It covers the period 1979-2004,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271575
regime doesn’t condition the validity of PPP which is more easily accepted in countries with high than low inflation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761840
The aim of this paper is to provide new empirical evidence on the impact of international financial integration on the long-run Real Exchange Rate (RER) in 39 developing countries belonging to three different geographical regions (Latin America, Asia and MENA). It covers the period 1979-2004,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762383
inflation observed in the European catching-up countries, which suggests that other factors may be at play. In these and related … non-traded sectors) on the dual inflation differential is more than twice as large as that in the flexible countries. We … conclude that, in a catching-up country, premature euro adoption may foster excess inflation, beyond that which is to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328933
inflation observed in the European catching-up countries, which suggests that other factors may be at play. In these and related … non-traded sectors) on the dual inflation differential is more than twice as large as that in the "flexible" countries. We … conclude that, in a catching-up country, premature euro adoption may foster excess inflation, beyond that which is to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128045
Central bankers are raising interest rates on the assumption that wage-push inflation may lead to stagflation. This is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470458
inflation and measures welfare changes using the compensating variation and equivalent incomes in a cross-national comparative … perspective. The impact of inflation depends on good-specific price increases and budget shares. Budget shares for necessities (e … necessities has resulted in higher inflation in poorer countries. Counter to the media narrative, the distributional impact is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470501