Do Households Anchor their Inflation Expectations? Theory and Evidence from a Household Survey

Easaw, Joshy ; Golinelli, Roberto ; Malgarini, Marco (2012) Do Households Anchor their Inflation Expectations? Theory and Evidence from a Household Survey. Bologna: Dipartimento di Scienze economiche, p. 58. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsacta/4001. In: Quaderni - Working Paper DSE (842). ISSN 2282-6483.
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Abstract

The purpose of the present paper is to study how households form inflation expectations. Using a novel survey-base dataset of Italian households’ opinions of inflation we investigate two separate, but related, types of behavior: ‘inattentiveness’ and ‘anchoring’. The present analysis extends the existing literature by incorporating explicitly inflation targets and distinguishing between aggregate and disaggregate dynamics based on demographic groups. In addition, we extend the literature by considering both the short- and long-run dynamics as households update their inflation expectations while also accounting for their state-varying behavior. All these issues provide important insights into understanding actual inflation dynamics and the conduct of monetary policy.

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Easaw, Joshy
Golinelli, Roberto
Malgarini, Marco
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Inflation expectations, perceived inflation, survey data, heterogeneous panels, nonlinear effects
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2282-6483
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