Nominal Exchange Rate Anchoring Under Inflation Inertia /

This paper develops a theory of inflation inertia based on forward looking staggered price setting in the nontradable goods sector of a small open economy. Unlike current theories of sticky prices, transitions to a lower steady state inflation rate take time even if they are fully credible, and they...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Calvo, Guillermo
Other Authors: Celasun, Oya, Kumhof, Michael
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2002/030
Online Access:Full text available on IMF