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Is inflation stationary?

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  • Wojciech Charemza
  • Daniela Hristova
  • Peter Burridge

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Ninety-three world-wide inflation series are tested for unit roots. Treating the data series' innovations as draws from a symmetric stable distribution, with possibly infinite variance, reduces the number that appear stationary.

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  • Wojciech Charemza & Daniela Hristova & Peter Burridge, 2005. "Is inflation stationary?," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(8), pages 901-903.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:37:y:2005:i:8:p:901-903
    DOI: 10.1080/00036840500076721
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