An analysis of heterogeneity in inflation expectations across cities in India
S Sahu - Journal of Economic Studies, 2019 - emerald.com
Journal of Economic Studies, 2019•emerald.com
Purpose The Inflation Expectations Survey of Households, conducted by the Reserve Bank
of India (RBI), indicates that there is considerable disparity in inflation expectations across
cities in India. The purpose of this paper is to investigate why different cities exhibit
heterogeneous inflation expectations despite coming under a central monetary policy
umbrella. Design/methodology/approach First, the correspondence between city-level
inflation expectations and city-specific economic characteristics is mapped. Second, how the …
of India (RBI), indicates that there is considerable disparity in inflation expectations across
cities in India. The purpose of this paper is to investigate why different cities exhibit
heterogeneous inflation expectations despite coming under a central monetary policy
umbrella. Design/methodology/approach First, the correspondence between city-level
inflation expectations and city-specific economic characteristics is mapped. Second, how the …
Purpose
The Inflation Expectations Survey of Households, conducted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), indicates that there is considerable disparity in inflation expectations across cities in India. The purpose of this paper is to investigate why different cities exhibit heterogeneous inflation expectations despite coming under a central monetary policy umbrella.
Design/methodology/approach
First, the correspondence between city-level inflation expectations and city-specific economic characteristics is mapped. Second, how the disagreement in inflation expectations across cities, measured by dispersion, behaves over the business cycle is investigated. Finally, using seemingly unrelated regression technique, the economic factors that play a role in explaining inflation expectations heterogeneity across cities are estimated.
Findings
Cities with higher economic activity and cost of living have higher inflation expectations. Disagreement across cities regarding inflation expectations rise with an increase in output gap and inflation. Information friction plays an important role in explaining the disparity in inflation expectations across cities, and the effects of macro-level factors vary across cities, thereby accentuating expectations dispersion.
Research limitations/implications
Monetary policy-related communication by the RBI (toward the general public) should increase in order to address information friction, which, in turn, would temper down the extent of inflation expectations heterogeneity across cities in India.
Originality/value
This is a novel application of the data from the monetary policy perspective. Heterogeneity in inflation expectations across cities or regions is an unexplored area. The use of nightlights as a proxy for city-level economic activity in India (in absence of data on city-level income) is another original contribution.
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