International Evidenceon Tradables and Nontradables Inflation /

Using 1970-85 sectoral data for the OECD we find that inflation in nontradable good exceeds inflation in tradables. We identify a demand shift towards nontradables and faster growth of total factor productivity in the tradable goods sector as the prime causes of the differential inflation. In additi...

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Autor principal: Wolf, Holger
Otros Autores: De Gregorio, Jose, Giovannini, Alberto
Formato: Revista
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1994.
Colección:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1994/033
Acceso en línea:Full text available on IMF