Political Instability and Inflation Volatility /

The purpose of this paper is to empirically determine the causes of worldwide diversity of inflation volatility. We show that higher degrees of political instability, ideological polarization, and political fragmentation are associated with higher inflation volatility.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal: Veiga, Francisco Jose
Outros autores: Aisen, Ari
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/212
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Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF