Are Prices Countercyclical? : Evidence From the G-7 /

This paper re-examines the cyclical behavior of prices using postwar quarterly data for the G-7. We confirm recent evidence that the price level is countercyclical. However, we find strong evidence that the inflation rate is procyclical in our sample. Our results show the importance of making a clea...

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Tác giả chính: Prasad, Eswar
Tác giả khác: Chadha, Bankim
Định dạng: Tạp chí
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1994.
Loạt:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1994/091
Truy cập trực tuyến:Full text available on IMF
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