Inflation, inflation uncertainty, and Markov regime switching heteroskedasticity: Evidence from European countries

Don Bredin and Stilianos Fountas

Discussion Paper Series from Department of Economics, University of Macedonia

Abstract: We use a Markov regime-switching heteroskedasticity model in order to examine the association between inflation and inflation uncertainty in four European countries over a forty-year period. This approach allows for regime shifts in both the mean and variance of inflation in order to assess the association between inflation and its uncertainty in short and long horizons. We find that this association differs (i) between transitory and permanent shocks to inflation and (ii) across countries. In particular, the association is positive or zero for transitory shocks and negative or zero for permanent shocks. Hence, Friedman’s belief that inflation is positively associated with inflation uncertainty is only partially supported in this study, i.e., with short-run inflation uncertainty.

Keywords: Inflation; Inflation uncertainty; Markov process; regime-switching heteroskedasticity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C22 C51 C52 E0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-03, Revised 2022-03
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Journal Article: Inflation, Inflation Uncertainty, and Markov Regime Switching Heteroskedasticity: Evidence from European Countries (2021)
Working Paper: Inflation, inflation uncertainty, and Markov regime switching heteroskedasticity: Evidence from European countries (2007)
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