The purpose of this paper is to examine the inflation differentials and their determinants in the first twelve euro …, show that it is mostly structural and cyclical factors that drive inflation differentials among these euro countries and … countries that formed the eurozone. We focus on only these countries to capture the effects through the last 22 years from 1999 …

We investigate inflation convergence between the Euro Zone and its CEE partners using panel data methods that …

This paper explores inflation determinants within the EU and implications for new members'' euro adoption plans. Factor … analysis partitions observed inflation in EU25 countries into common-origin and country-specific (idiosyncratic) components …. Cross-country differences in common-origin inflation within the EU are found to depend on gaps in the initial price level …

criterion), structural breaks, and a core inflation measure. Our main findings imply that further enlargement of the euro area …We provide comprehensive evidence of the widespread occurrence of inflation convergence between all countries of the … inflation benchmarks (the cross-sectional average, the inflation target of the European Central Bank, and the Maastricht …