…vergence in HCPI persistence, the study aims to uncover the common external and country-specific factors driving these dynamics. Utilizing the local Whittle estimation method, the research examines the long-memory properties of headline inflation through monthly data from January…

…untries. It is drawn primarily from experience of one particular post-communist country – the Slovak Republic. Doubt is cast on whether there is such a thing as a universal European tradition, and contrasts are made between “aesthetic” and “craft” approaches to pre-school educati…