• Title of article

    Intrinsic inflationpersistence

  • Author/Authors

    Kevin D. Sheedy، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2010
  • Pages
    13
  • From page
    1049
  • To page
    1061
  • Abstract
    Empiricalevidencesuggeststhatinflationdeterminationisnotpurelyforward-looking, but modelsofpricesettinghavestruggledtorationalizethisfindingwithoutdirectly assumingbackward-lookingpricingrulesforfirms.Thispapershowsthatintrinsicinflation persistence canbeexplainedwithnodeviation from optimizing,forward-lookingbehaviour if pricesthathaveremainedfixedforlongeraremorelikelytobechangedthanthoseset recently. Arelationshipbetweentheprobabilityofpriceadjustmentandthedurationofa price spellisshowntoimplyasimple‘‘hybrid’’Phillipscurveincludinglaggedandexpected inflation,whichisestimatedusingmacroeconomicdata
  • Journal title
    Journal of Monetary Economics
  • Serial Year
    2010
  • Journal title
    Journal of Monetary Economics
  • Record number

    846448