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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Автор: Danninger, Stephan
Інші автори: Carare, Alina
Формат: Журнал
Мова:English
Опубліковано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Серія:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/175
Онлайн доступ:Full text available on IMF