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An Empirical Investigation of the Ratchet Effect in the OECD, 1985--2009

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  • Farhad Rassekh
  • Omid Ranjbar

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This paper employs a reduced form structuralist model of inflation in the OECD over the period 1985--2009 to find out whether domestic prices respond symmetrically to rising and falling import prices. We find that the response is asymmetrical: domestic prices rise when import prices rise but they do not fall when import prices fall. Our finding thus confirms the presence of a ratchet effect in the sample countries during the sample period, and implies that factors -- such as exchange rate fluctuations and movements in tariff rates -- that influence import prices tend to be inflationary.

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  • Farhad Rassekh & Omid Ranjbar, 2014. "An Empirical Investigation of the Ratchet Effect in the OECD, 1985--2009," International Economic Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(1), pages 183-190, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:intecj:v:28:y:2014:i:1:p:183-190
    DOI: 10.1080/10168737.2013.878372
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    1. Mohammed, Mikidadu, 2018. "Do Import Tariffs Generate Stagflationary Tendencies?," MPRA Paper 95128, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 09 Apr 2019.
    2. Mohammed, Mikidadu, 2018. "Do import tariffs generate stagflationary tendencies?," EconStor Preprints 181674, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, revised 2018.
    3. Mutiu A. Oyinlola & Tirimisiyu F. Oloko & Samuel Orekoya, 2021. "Ratchet Effect in Import Prices – Inflation Rate Nexus," Economic Alternatives, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria, issue 3, pages 335-354, September.

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