Modelling inflation in China : a regional perspective
Mehrotra, Aaron; Peltonen, Tuomas; Santos Rivera, Alvaro (29.08.2007)
Numero
19/2007Julkaisija
Bank of Finland
2007
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:bof-201408072120Tiivistelmä
We model provincial inflation in China during the reform period. In particular, we are interested in the ability of the hybrid New Keynesian Phillips Curve (NKPC) to capture the inflation process at the provincial level. The study highlights differences in inflation formation and shows that the NKPC provides a reasonable description of the inflation process only for the coastal provinces. A probit analysis suggests that the forward-looking inflation component and the output gap are important inflation drivers in provinces that have advanced most in marketisation of the economy and have most likely experienced excess demand pressures. These results have implications for the relative effectiveness of monetary policy across the Chinese provinces. Keywords: China, inflation, regional, New Keynesian Philips Curve, GMM JEL Classification: E31, C22
Julkaisuhuomautus
Published in China Economic Review 21 (2), 2010: 237-255 and European Central Bank . Working paper 829 ; 2007.