Inflation Smoothing and the Modest Effect of VAT in Germany /

Increases in German core inflation following the 2007 VAT hike were smaller than expected, leading to speculation about delayed inflationary effects. This paper argues to the contrary that price increases in advance of the VAT hike explain the small increase upon implementation. We find that core in...

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書誌詳細
第一著者: Danninger, Stephan
その他の著者: Carare, Alina
フォーマット: 雑誌
言語:English
出版事項: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
シリーズ:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/175
オンライン・アクセス:Full text available on IMF