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On the determinants of inflation in Italy: evidence of cost-push effects before the European Monetary Union

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  • Bertocco Giancarlo

    (Department of Economics, University of Insubria, Italy)

  • Fanelli Luca

    (Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy)

  • Paruolo Paolo

    (Department of Economics, University of Insubria, Italy)

Abstract

This paper provides evidence on price markup and inflation dynamics in Italy over the period 1970-1998. We investigate the price mark-up on imported and labor costs and its relation to inflation, using cointegration techniques. It is found that, despite different policy regimes across decades, the relation between the markup and inflation is remarkably stable, and useful in predicting inflation dynamics.This evidence clarifies that pure monetarist theories of inflation are not able to account for the price dynamics in Italy from the seventies up to stage III of the European Monetary Union.

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  • Bertocco Giancarlo & Fanelli Luca & Paruolo Paolo, 2002. "On the determinants of inflation in Italy: evidence of cost-push effects before the European Monetary Union," Economics and Quantitative Methods qf0223, Department of Economics, University of Insubria.
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    Inflation dynamics; mark-up model; monetary policy; Phillips curve; cointegration; equilibrium correction model.;
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    • C32 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models
    • E00 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - General
    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation

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