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Inflation rate dynamics convergence within the euro
| Resumo: | In this paper we use wavelet analysis to address the problem of in ation dynamics convergence in the Euro area. The study is conducted for the 11 countries that rst joined the Euro. We use a dissimilarity measure derived in the time-frequency space to estimate the degree of in ation synchronization among these countries.With this measure, we ll a dissimilarity matrix which, with multidimensional scaling, is then used to plot the di erent countries in a plane. Our results indicate that the degree of in ation cycles synchronization is much stronger before than after the Euro. For example, while before the Euro, Portuguese in ation is synchronized with the in ation in six other countries, after the Euro adoption any statistical evidence of synchronization disappears |
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| Autores principais: | Soares, M. J. |
| Outros Autores: | Conraria, Luís Aguiar |
| Assunto: | Continuous wavelet transform Wavelet dissimilarity matrix Multidimensional scaling Inflation rate synchronization European Union integration Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão |
| Ano: | 2014 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | comunicação em conferência |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso restrito |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | In this paper we use wavelet analysis to address the problem of in ation dynamics convergence in the Euro area. The study is conducted for the 11 countries that rst joined the Euro. We use a dissimilarity measure derived in the time-frequency space to estimate the degree of in ation synchronization among these countries.With this measure, we ll a dissimilarity matrix which, with multidimensional scaling, is then used to plot the di erent countries in a plane. Our results indicate that the degree of in ation cycles synchronization is much stronger before than after the Euro. For example, while before the Euro, Portuguese in ation is synchronized with the in ation in six other countries, after the Euro adoption any statistical evidence of synchronization disappears |
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