Expected inflation, unexpected inflation, and relative price dispersion. An empirical analysis

Shmuel Kandel*, Aharon R. Ofer, Oded Sarig

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Abstract

Using inflation expectations extracted from index bond prices, we examine the relations between expected inflation, unexpected inflation and relative price dispersion in stable and volatile monetary regimes. We find that expected inflation is positively related to relative price dispersion in the high inflation period, and that inflation shocks are positively related to relative price dispersion in the low inflation period.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)383-390
Number of pages8
JournalEconomics Letters
Volume37
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1991

Funding

* Financial support for this study was provided by the Israel Institute of Business Research, the Pinhas Sapir Center for Development, and the Kasierer Institute, all at Tel-Aviv University. Correspondence should be addressed to Professor Shmuel Kandel, Recanaty School of Business Administration, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel. ’ See, for example, Rotemberg (1982) and Sheshinski and Weiss (1977). 2 See, for example, Barro (19761, Hercowitz (1981, 1982), and Lucas (1973). ’ For reviews of these studies see Cukierman (1984) and Fischer (1981). ’ A recent example is Lath and Tsiddon (1990).

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Finance
  • Economics and Econometrics

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