Nonlinearities in Phillips curve: A semi-parametric approach

How inflation relates to economic activity is one of the most important concern of macroeconomists. Usually the trade-off between inflation and output is assumed to be linear. But is that correct? If not, what is the correct non-linear relation? To answer those questions, we estimated the inflation-...

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Main Authors: Tiago Santana Tristão, Hudson da Silva Torrent
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2015-12-01
Series:Economia Aplicada
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.usp.br/ecoa/article/view/110729