Download or read book Fear of Inflation - Is Germany Really Exceptional? written by Lea Pfefferle and published by . This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master's Thesis from the year 2012 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, grade: 65, London School of Economics, course: International Political Economy, language: English, abstract: This paper investigates whether Germans are more inflation averse than other countries (i.e. GB, FRA, IT), especially due to the high inflation in the 1920s. The paper uses a time series of Eurobarometer surveys (the question being question "What do you think are the two most important issues facing (OUR COUNTRY) at the moment?") to compare the different countries. Additionally, literature on inflation aversion will be presented and put in perspective with the different countries.