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Drawbacks of Household Panel Data on Inflation Perceptions and Expectations: Representativeness and Selectivity Issues

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  • Hayo, Bernd

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  • Bui, Dzung & Hayo, Bernd, 2025. "Drawbacks of Household Panel Data on Inflation Perceptions and Expectations: Representativeness and Selectivity Issues," VfS Annual Conference 2025 (Cologne): Revival of Industrial Policy 325379, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
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    • C83 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Survey Methods; Sampling Methods
    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
    • D84 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Expectations; Speculations
    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • E37 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications

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