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There are three possible price movements in a market economy: stability, inflation, and deflation. Inflation and deflation are defined in this article as changes in the purchasing power of money caused by the money creation. Inflation and deflation have many asymmetric, and even some symmetric,...
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theory? Third, what is the relationship between price levels and coefficient measuring differences in the structures of …
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The article summarizes the main points discussed at the seminar on Monetary Policy during Very Low Inflation, held by the Czech Economic Association in June 2003. There were two main speakers at the seminar. The first was Jan Frait (Czech National Bank), who summarized the main ideas of...
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During 1930s and 1940s Josef Macek developed monetary theory leading to monetary policy recommendations which are … deeply influenced by macroeconomic theory of John Maynard Keynes. Macek became leading Czech left-wing keynesian. His theory … critisized and disapproved the quantity theory of money. In his monetary theory and his monetary policy conclusions he was a …
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New members of the EU will not form an optimum currency area with the present eurozone member states. The article discusses some costs and benefits of an early EMU entry for the Czech Republic (and other Central-European economies). The authors concentrate on the consequences of loss of...
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The article deals with the relationship of post-Keynesian economics to new consensus as a theoretical framework of inflation targeting. First, new consensus with its roots in Wicksell´s approach is briefly introduced. In the next parts differences and meeting-points of new consensus and...
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The authors contend that the theory of optimum currency areas (OCA) provides a useful framework for discussions of … considered alongside empirical studies regarding OCA theory applied to the EMU and the Czech Republic, and a socalled OCA …-index is calculated. The authors conclude that OCA theory is a longterm theory and that it does not possess sufficient …
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The article is concerned with analysis of independence of central banks of the EU Member States within the framework of the ESCB, as well as independence and responsibility of the ECB, and suggests an alternative institutional embodiment of its position, reflecting the specific framework of the...
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