Inflation and relative price variability in China: theory and evidence.

• Other Authors: Yuan, Jiang.
• Format: Others
• Language: English; Chinese
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Inflation (Finance) > Econometric models; Inflation (Finance) > China > Econometric models; Prices; Prices > China
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5894031; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-326733

Yuan, Jiang. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 48-51). === Abstract also in Chinese. === Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 === Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.5 === Chapter 2.1 --- Theoretical Literature --- p.5 === Chapter 2.1.1 --- Menu Cost Model --- p.5 === Chapter 2.1.2 --- Signal Extraction Model --- p.6 === Chapter 2.1.3 --- Monetary Search Model --- p.7 === Chapter 2.2 --- Empirical Literature --- p.8 === Chapter Chapter 3 --- Inflation and Relative Price Variability in a Transitional Economy Evidence from China --- p.10 === Chapter 3.1 --- Data and Variables --- p.10 === Chapter 3.2 --- Inflation Decomposition --- p.19 === Chapter 3.3 --- Empirical Evidence --- p.14 === Chapter 3.3.1 --- Inflation and RPV --- p.14 === Chapter 3.3.2 --- Robustness --- p.18 === Chapter 3.4 --- Conclusion --- p.20 === Chapter Chapter 4 --- Inflationary Regimes and Relative Prices --- p.22 === Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.22 === Chapter 4.2 --- The Change of Inflationary Regimes in China: 1978-2008 --- p.23 === Chapter 4.3 --- Inflationary Regimes and Relative Price --- p.25 === Chapter 4.3.1 --- Preliminary Evidence --- p.25 === Chapter 4.3.2 --- Empirical Evidence --- p.27 === Chapter 4.4 --- Structure Change --- p.32 === Chapter 4.4.1 --- Endogenous Breakpoint Test --- p.32 === Chapter 4.4.2 --- Test Results on the Changing Role of Expected Inflation --- p.33 === Chapter 4.5 --- Conclusion --- p.35 === Chapter Chapter 5 --- Institutional Cost and Relative Price Variability --- p.36 === Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.36 === Chapter 5.2 --- "Institutional Cost, Price Adjustment, and Relative Price Variability in China" --- p.38 === Chapter 5.2.1 --- Background --- p.38 === Chapter 5.2.2 --- Institutional cost --- p.39 === Chapter 5.2.3 --- The relationship between institutional cost and relative price variability --- p.42 === Chapter 5.3 --- The Empirical Evidence --- p.43 === Chapter 5.4 --- Conclusion --- p.45 === Chapter Chapter 6 --- Conclusion and Implications --- p.46 === Reference --- p.48