Arbeitspapier

Inflation and inflation uncertainty in the Euro Area

This paper estimates a time-varying AR-GARCH model of inflation producing measures of inflation uncertainty for the euro area, and investigates the linkages between them in a VAR framework, also allowing for the possible impact of the policy regime change associated with the start of EMU in 1999. The main findings are as follows. Steady-state inflation and inflation uncertainty have declined steadily since the inception of EMU, whilst short-run uncertainty has increased, mainly owing to exogenous shocks. A sequential dummy procedure provides further evidence of a structural break coinciding with the introduction of the euro and resulting in lower long-run uncertainty. It also appears that the direction of causality has been reversed, and that in the euro period the Friedman-Ball link is empirically supported, implying that the ECB can achieve lower inflation uncertainty by lowering the inflation rate.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 2720

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
Monetary Policy
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
Thema
inflation
inflation uncertainty
time-varying parameters
GARCH models
ECB, EMU
Inflationserwartung
Inflation
Risiko
Europäischer Währungsverbund
Zentralbank
VAR-Modell
ARCH-Modell
EU-Staaten

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria
Onorante, Luca
Paesani, Paolo
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2009

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Caporale, Guglielmo Maria
  • Onorante, Luca
  • Paesani, Paolo
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2009

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