Credibility Effects of Price Controls in Disinflation Programs /

This paper examines whether price controls may enhance the credibility of a disinflation program, using a framework in which agents behave strategically. The analysis indicates that a partial price freeze is not fully credible, and may result in inflation inertia. The authorities may be able to dete...

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Autor principal: Agenor, Pierre-Richard
Formato: Revista
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1992.
Colección:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1992/083
Acceso en línea:Full text available on IMF