Contacts, Credibility and Common Knowledge : Their Influenceon Inflation Convergence /

In this paper three possible reasons are examined for a sluggish inflation response to a hard currency peg. Models of overlapping wage contracts are analyzed and shown to generate little inertia. This contrasts with the effects of government credibility and the speed of private sector learning, whic...

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Bibliografski detalji
Glavni autor: Miller, Marcus
Daljnji autori: Sutherland, Alan
Format: Žurnal
Jezik:English
Izdano: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1992.
Serija:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1992/026
Online pristup:Full text available on IMF
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Sažetak:In this paper three possible reasons are examined for a sluggish inflation response to a hard currency peg. Models of overlapping wage contracts are analyzed and shown to generate little inertia. This contrasts with the effects of government credibility and the speed of private sector learning, which are shown to have a major impact on the speed of inflation adjustment. But even if individual agents believe the government will not devalue, it is shown that inflation inertia can still arise if these expectations are not common knowledge.
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ISSN:1018-5941
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