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In this paper, we examine how economic shocks affect the distribution of household inflation expectations. We show that … the dynamics of households' expected inflation distributions are driven by three distinctive functional shocks, which … influence the expected inflation distribution through disagreement, level shift and ambiguity. Linking these functional shocks …
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This paper reviews the post-Keynesian theory of inflation against the background of the simultaneous rise in inflation …-are discussed. The paper applies the latter to elucidate recent inflation trends propelled by increasing imported energy prices and … then rising mark-ups. The effects of inflation-targeting central bank interest policies versus a post-Keynesian alternative …
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The return of inflation in Western economies has fueled the debate on its main drivers, bringing sector-specific shocks …
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accounts of profit inflation, wherein U.S. firms' market power allowed them to maintain - and, for some firms, increase - their …
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This paper reviews the post-Keynesian theory of inflation against the background of the simultaneous rise in inflation … discussed. The paper applies the latter to elucidate recent inflation trends propelled by increasing imported energy prices and … then rising mark-ups. The effects of inflation-targeting central bank interest policies versus a post-Keynesian alternative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015057214
How strong are strategic complementarities in price setting across firms? In this paper, we provide a direct empirical estimate of firms' price responses to changes in prices of their competitors. We develop a general framework and an empirical identification strategy to estimate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538001
How strong are strategic complementarities in price setting across firms? In this paper, we provide a direct empirical estimate of firms' price responses to changes in prices of their competitors. We develop a general framework and an empirical identification strategy to estimate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446483
This paper develops a model of inflation in an open economy. The model permits analysis of the susceptibility of open … paper arrives at a “structuralist inflation targeting agenda”. Based on a proper conception of inflation dynamics, this … involves “getting inflation targeting right” rather than either accepting mainstream inflation targeting prescriptions or …
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This paper investigates the impact of fiscal shocks on inflation, using a large panel of 139 countries over the period … 1970–2021. First, both headline and core measures of inflation increase in response to expansionary shifts in the fiscal … with care in aggregate demand management as it has significant effects on inflation, which are highly dependent on fiscal …
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The removal of the lower bound on the EUR/CHF exchange rate in January 2015 provides a unique setting to study the implications of a large and sudden appreciation in an otherwise stable macroeconomic environment. Using transaction-level data on non-durable goods purchases by Swiss consumers, we...
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