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This paper presents theoretical work linking money demand to the perceptions of households about the risk that domestic currency may become inconvertible or that it may be devalued. An empirical investigation of the size of this effect is carried out using both cross section data and then...
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This paper attempts to explain short- and long-term dynamics of-and forecast-inflation in Tajikistan using the Vector … demonstrates that the exchange rate and international inflation have a strong impact on local prices. Available monetary …
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We investigate the properties of Johansen's (1988, 1991) maximum eigenvalue and trace tests for cointegration under the …
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An increasing body of evidence suggests that the behavior of the economy has changed in many fundamental ways over the last decades. In particular, greater financial deregulation, larger wealth accumulation, and better policies might have helped lower uncertainty about future income and lengthen...
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the inflation tax. Accordingly, continued effort is likely to be needed to attain a fiscal position that is sustainable …
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Standard theory shows that sterilized foreign exchange interventions do not affect equilibrium prices and quantities, and that domestic and foreign currency denominated bonds are perfect substitutes. This paper shows that when fiscal policy is not sufficiently flexible in response to spending...
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The Turkish economy is typically characterized as having particularly high real interest rates. Fundamental considerations, such as high growth rates or high returns to capital, do not provide a satisfactory resolution of this puzzle. Instead, we find that two other factors- doubts about the...
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This paper extends a small linear model of the Israeli economy to allow for nonlinearities in the inflation …
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Under a flexible inflation targeting regime, should policymakers avoid any reaction to movements in the foreign … exchange market? Using data for six advanced open economies explicitly targeting inflation, the paper examines empirically … monetary policy responses in inflation-targeting, open economies have changed significantly, as the institutional framework for …
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Cambodia became dollarized suddenly in the early 1990s, as a result of massive dollar inflows stemming from a postconflict situation. Considering that the amount of dollars in circulation is unusually high, we attempt to estimate the true degree of dollarization empirically. Our results show...
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