Testing for a time-varying price-cost markup in the Euro area inflation process.

Empirical models of inflation often incorporate equilibrium correction effects based upon levels of prices and input costs. Such models assume that the steady-state price-cost markup is constant, but recent research suggests that this may not be true for the Euro area economy, which has undergone ma...

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Main Authors: Bowdler, C, Jansen, E
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: Nuffield College (University of Oxford) 2004