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L 'euro ha creato inflazione? Changeover e arrotondamenti dei prezzi al consumo in Italia nel 2002

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Title L 'euro ha creato inflazione? Changeover e arrotondamenti dei prezzi al consumo in Italia nel 2002
 
Creator Mostacci, Franco
Sabbatini, Roberto
 
Subject
Consumer Price Index, Inflation, Prices
E31, F36
 
Description The purpose of this paper is to estimate the specific impact of the introduction of the euro on Italian consumer inflation that can be attributed solely to the rounding of prices to figures that are "attractive" in euro. The empirical analysis is based on a large sub-set of prices used by Istat to calculate the general consumer price index for Italy. Between January and October 2002 the general consumer price index rose 2.4%; the impact of rounding on the general consumer price index in Italy amounted to between 0.3 and 0.9 percentage points, depending on the method of estimation used. With reference to the average rise in the general consumer price index of 2.5% in 2002, the impact on average annual consumer price inflation in 2002 lies between 0.1 and 0.5 percentage points. The changeover apparently worked its effect mainly through products sold by traditional retail channels.  JEL Codes: E31, F36Keywords: Consumer Price Index, Inflation, Prices
 
Publisher Associazione Economia civile
 
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Date 2012-04-26
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Articolo peer-review
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://ojs.uniroma1.it/index.php/monetaecredito/article/view/10358
 
Source Moneta e Credito; Vol 56, N° 221 (2003)
Moneta e Credito; Vol 56, N° 221 (2003)
2037-3651
 
Language ita
 
Relation http://ojs.uniroma1.it/index.php/monetaecredito/article/view/10358/10258
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2016 Franco Mostacci, Roberto Sabbatini
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