Cross sectional evidence on the relation between monetary policy, macroeconomic conditions and low-frequency inflation uncertainty

Konferenzbeitrag

In this study, we examine how the interaction between monetary policy and macroeconomic conditions affects inflation uncertainty in the long-term. The unobservable inflation uncertainty is quantified by means of the slowly evolving unconditional variance component of inflation in the framework of the semiparametric Spline-GARCH model (Engle and Rangel, 2008). For a cross section of 13 developed economies, we find that long-term inflation uncertainty is high if central bank governors are perceived as less inflation-averse, if the conduct of monetary policy is rather ad-hoc than rule-based and in economies with a low degree of central bank independence.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2014: Evidenzbasierte Wirtschaftspolitik - Session: Empirical Macro: Credibility, Ability, and Central Bank Reaction Functions ; No. B19-V2

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Central Banks and Their Policies ; Studies of Particular Policy Episodes ; Price Level; Inflation; Deflation

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hartmann, Matthias ; Conrad, Christian
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
• (where): Kiel und Hamburg
• (when): 2014

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/100477
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET