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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主要作者: Danninger, Stephan
其他作者: Carare, Alina
格式: 雜誌
語言:English
出版: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
叢編:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/175
在線閱讀:Full text available on IMF