Mitarbeiter

Johannes Hoffmann

• Deutsche Bundesbank
• Central Office, Economics Department
• Wilhelm Epstein Str. 14
• D-60431 Frankfurt am Main
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• +49 69 9566-2320
• Johannes Hoffmann

Research Interests

• Measuring, analysing and forecasting inflation
• Housing markets.

Selected Publications and Working Papers

• The Bundesbank’s contribution to the inflation measurement debate in Germany. Irving Fisher Committee Bulletin 24, August 2006.
• Consumer Price Adjustment under the Microscope: Germany in a Period of Low Inflation (with J-R Kurz-Kim). Discussion Paper Series 1: Economic Studies No 16/2006, Deutsche Bundesbank. Also published as Working Paper No 652 in the Working Paper Series of the European Central Bank.
• Price Changes in the Euro Area and the United States: Some Facts from Individual Consumer Price Data (with E Dhyne , L J Alvarez , H Le Bihan , G Veronese , D Dias , N Jonker , P Lunnemann , F Rumler and J Vilmunen). Journal of Economic Perspectives Vol 20, Spring 2006.
• Index of Perceived Inflation or EU Consumer Surveys? – An Assessment of Professor W.H. Brachinger’s Approach (with H-A Leifer and A Lorenz). Intereconomics, Review of European Economic Policy, Vol 41, 2006. Also published as: Index der wahrgenommenen Inflation oder EU-Verbraucherumfragen? – Zu einem Ansatz von Hans Wolfgang Brachinger. Wirtschaftsdienst Vol 85, 2005.
• Comment on “The Dynamics of Individual Consumer Price Data for Austria”. In: Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Price Setting and Inflation Persistence, Proceedings of OeNB Workshops No 8, 2006.
• Price setting in the euro area: some stylized facts from individual consumer price data (with E Dhyne, L J Álvarez, H Le Bihan, G Veronese, D Dias, J Hoffmann, N Jonker, P Lünnemann, F Rumler and J Vilmunen, 2005. Working Paper Series of the European Central Bank No 524, 2005.
• A Rental-equivalence Index for Owner-occupied Housing in West Germany , 1985 to 1998 (with C Kurz). Discussion Paper 31/2004, Economic Research Centre of the Deutsche Bundesbank.
• Rent Indices for Housing in West Germany (with C Kurz). Discussion Paper 01/02, Economic Research Centre of the Deutsche Bundesbank. Also published as Working Paper No. 116 in the Working Paper Series of the European Central Bank.
• The Treatment of Quality Changes in the German Consumer Price Index. In: R Guðnason and Þ Gylfadóttir (eds) Proceedings of the Ottawa Group Fifth Meeting Iceland 25-27 August 1999. Statistics Iceland : Reykjavík.
• Problems of Inflation Measurement in Germany : An Update. In: M Silver, D Fenwick (eds) Proceedings of the Measurement of Inflation Conference. Cardiff 1999.
• Problems of Inflation Measurement in Germany . Discussion paper 1/98, Economic Research Group of the Deutsche Bundesbank.
• The Rise and Decline of the Dollar: A Reply (with S Homburg). Kyklos, Vol 44, 1991.
• Explaining the Rise and Decline of the Dollar (with S Homburg). Kyklos, Vol 43, 1990.
• Binnenmarkt Europa - falsche und richtige Wege (with B Wieland). Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 30/31 Juli 1989.
• Sparen im Dienst der Altersvorsorge als volkswirtschaftliches Problem. Untersuchung Nr. 78 des Instituts für Wirtschaftspolitik an der Universität zu Köln. Köln 1989.