Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Christopher Bowdler Author-Email: christopher.bowdler@nuffield.ox.ac.uk Author-Workplace-Name: Nuffield College, Oxford University, UK Author-Name: Luca Nunziata Author-Email: luca.nunziata@nuffield.ox.ac.uk Author-Workplace-Name: Nuffield College, Oxford University, UK Title: A note on the determinants of inflation starts in the OECD Abstract: Boschen and Weise (Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, (2003)) model the probability of a large upturn in inflation. We extend their work to show that openness to trade exerts a negative effect on the probability of such an event. Classification-JEL:E31, F41. Keywords:Inflation starts, trade openness. Length:9 pages Creation-Date:2004-05-10 Number:2004-W11 File-URL: http://www.nuff.ox.ac.uk/economics/papers/2004/w11/InfStartsWP1.pdf File-Format: application/pdf Handle: RePEc:nuf:econwp:0411