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Can the Facts of UK Inflation Persistence Be Explained by Nominal Rigidity?


David Meenagh


Cardiff University Business School

Patrick Minford


Cardiff University Business School; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Eric Nowell


University of Liverpool Management School (ULMS) - Economics Division

Prakriti Sofat


Cardiff University Business School

Naveen Srinivasan


Cardiff University Business School
May 2008

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6834

Abstract:     
It has been widely argued that inflation persistence since WWII has been widespread and durable and that it can only be accounted for by models with a high degree of nominal rigidity. We examine UK post-war data where after confirming previous studies' findings of varying persistence due to changing monetary regimes, we find that models with little nominal rigidity are best equipped to explain it.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 39

Keywords: Inflation Persistence, Monetary Regime Shifts, New Classical, New Keynesian, Nominal Rigidity

JEL Classification: E31, E37

working papers series


Date posted: June 12, 2008  

Suggested Citation

Meenagh, David, Minford, Patrick, Nowell, Eric, Sofat, Prakriti and Srinivasan, Naveen K., Can the Facts of UK Inflation Persistence Be Explained by Nominal Rigidity? (May 2008). , Vol. , pp. -, 2008. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1143197

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David Meenagh (Contact Author)
Cardiff University Business School ( email )
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Patrick Minford
Cardiff University Business School ( email )
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Cardiff, CF1 3YN
United Kingdom
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Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
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Eric Nowell
University of Liverpool Management School (ULMS) - Economics Division ( email )
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Liverpool L69 7ZA
United Kingdom
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Prakriti Sofat
Cardiff University Business School ( email )
Colum Drive
Cardiff, CF1 3YN
United Kingdom
Naveen K. Srinivasan
Cardiff University Business School ( email )
Colum Drive
Aberconway Building
Cardiff CF10 3EU
United Kingdom
+44 029 2087 6545 (Phone)
+44 029 2087 4419 (Fax)
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