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- Alonso Alfaro-Ureña
(Economic Division, Central Bank of Costa Rica)
- Aarón Mora-Meléndez
(Department of Economic Research, Central Bank of Costa Rica)
Abstract
Costa Rican inflation expectations cannot be characterized as rational under any existing definition of the term. They cannot be categorized as adaptive either, since in addition to historical data on inflation, other macroeconomic variables are important in explaining inflation expectations. Instead, the sticky information model is considered a more sophisticated framework to assess inflation expectations of Costa Rican agents. Results are based on the Monthly Survey of Inflation and Exchange Rate Expectations elaborated and published by the Banco Central de Costa Rica. This paper gathers inconclusive evidence that the expectations from this survey are subject to information rigidities. However, this paper shows how a simulated survey, based on a sticky information model, is capable of replicating features from the observed survey. ***Resumen: Se ha recopilado evidencia que sugiere que las expectativas de inflación en Costa Rica no pueden categorizarse como racionales, ni siquiera en sus versiones más laxas. Tampoco pueden considerarse expectativas adaptativas pues tanto información histórica de la inflación, así como otras variables macroeconómicas son significativas para explicar la serie de expectativas de inflación. Como alternativa, se considera el modelo de información pegajosa, otra herramienta para modelar las expectativas de inflación. Los resultados están basados en datos de la Encuesta Mensual de Expectativas de Inflación y de Variación del Tipo de Cambio, elaborada y publicada por el Banco Central de Costa Rica. Este trabajo reúne evidencia no concluyente que las expectativas en dicha encuesta están sujetas a rigideces de información. A pesar de lo anterior, se elabora una encuesta simulada, basada en un modelo de información pegajosa, capaz de replicar características observadas en la Encuesta Mensual de Expectativas de Inflación y de Variación del Tipo de Cambio.
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Alonso Alfaro-Ureña & Aarón Mora-Meléndez, 2019.
"The Information Rigidities and Rationality of Costa Rican Inflation Expectations,"
Documentos de Trabajo
1705, Banco Central de Costa Rica.
Handle:
RePEc:apk:doctra:1705
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JEL classification:
- C53 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Forecasting and Prediction Models; Simulation Methods
- D84 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Expectations; Speculations
- E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
- E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
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