Sectoral Phillips curves and the aggregate Phillips curve

Article dans une revue: Sector-level Phillips curves are estimated in French data. There is considerable heterogeneity across sectors, with vastly different estimates of the backward looking component of inflation and the duration of nominal rigidities. A multi-sector model of inflation dynamics is calibrated on the basis of these sectoral estimates. Aggregate inflation, simulated on the basis of heterogeneous sectors, displays comparable dynamics to actual data. A comparison is drawn between the policy trade-offs implied by a Phillips curve based on macroeconomic estimates vs. one based on a model with heterogeneous sectors. The difference is sizeable.

Auteur(s)

Jean Imbs, Eric Jondeau, Florian Pelgrin

Revue
  • Journal of Monetary Economics
Date de publication
  • 2011
Mots-clés JEL
E31 E52 E60
Mots-clés
  • New Keynesian Phillips Curve
  • Heterogeneity
  • Inflation Persistence
  • Marginal Costs
Pages
  • 328-344
Version
  • 1
Volume
  • 58