Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/108650 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 1412
Publisher: 
Koç University-TÜSİAD Economic Research Forum (ERF), Istanbul
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the relationship between the level of inflation and regional price-level convergence utilizing micro-level price data from Turkey during two clearly distinguishable periods of high and low inflation. The results indicate that higher persistence and slower convergence of price levels are evident during the low-inflation period, which corresponds to the inflation targeting (IT) regime. During the low-inflation IT regime, inflation convergence across regions appears to occur more quickly and may be responsible for the slower pace of convergence in price levels. Overall, IT in Turkey, which was successful in lowering and maintaining inflation at acceptable levels, also appears to be associated with faster convergence in inflation rates at the expense of slower convergence in price levels.
Subjects: 
Price Convergence
Inflation Convergence
Micro-level Prices
Turkey
JEL: 
E31
F41
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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