Regional patterns of inflation persistence in Italy

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Regional patterns of inflation persistence have received attention only at a very coarse level of territorial disaggregation, that of EMU member states. However economic disparities within EMU member states are an equally important policy issue. This paper considers a country with a large regional divide, i.e., Italy, at a fine level of territorial disaggregation (NUTS3). Our results show that economically backward regions display greater inflation persistence. Moreover, we show that higher persistence is linked to a lower degree of competitiveness in the retail sector.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Quaderni di Dipartimento - EPMQ ; No. 192

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: Inflation ; Inflationsrate ; Verbraucherpreisindex ; Einzelhandel ; Wettbewerb ; Regionale Disparität ; Italien

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Ascari, Guido ; Vaona, Andrea
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Università degli Studi di Pavia, Dipartimento di Economia Politica e Metodi Quantitativi (EPMQ)
• (where): Pavia
• (when): 2007

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/87118
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET