The Euro, Inflation and Consumers' Perceptions - Lessons from Italy

of: Paolo Giovane, Roberto Sabbatini

Springer-Verlag, 2008

ISBN: 9783540783701 , 244 Pages

Format: PDF, Read online

Copy protection: DRM

Foreward: 7
Acknowledgements: 9
Contents: 10
Contributors: 11
List of abbreviations: 12
Introduction: 13
1. Perceived and measured inflation after the launch of the euro: explaining the gap in Italy: 25
2. Rounding and "anomalous" changes in Italian consumer prices in 2002: 63
3. Pricing behaviour and the introduction of the euro: evidence from a panel of restaurants: 83
4. Did prices really soar after the euro cash changeover? Evidence from ATM withdrawals: 121
5. Memory for prices and the euro cash changeover: an analysis for cinema prices in Italy: 137
6. What`s behind "inflation perceptions"? A survey-based analysis of Italian consumers: 169
7. Impact of the cash changeover on prices and inflation perceptions in the euro area: a survey of the empirical evidence: 211
List of figures: 243
List of tables: 245
Author index: 249
Subject index: 253

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