This paper presents new non-linear regression estimates of the relationship between inflation and economic growth for … inflation is associated with moderate gains in GDP growth up to a roughly 15 – 18 percent inflation threshold. However, the … at all with either the inflation coefficient or our estimated turning point. With the middle income countries, we return …

with a lower inflation rate which conflicts with the need to maintain liquidity in a repressed economy. By examining the … inflation-growth relationship, this study examines whether there is any room for inflating the economy. This would ease the … stalled by prematurely tightening monetary policy. The study finds a two-way relationship between inflation and growth; but …

-separability of the utility function, inflation aversion, nominal transaction frictions). The monograph is organized as follows … market share competition with the assumption that agent?s behavior is characterized by inflation aversion. Chapter IV is … devoted to the GMM estimation of crucial parameters of the inflation-aversion model of the previous chapter. A model featuring …

This paper offers a reappraisal of the inflation-unemployment tradeoff, based on "frictional growth", describing the … able to work themselves out fully. In this context, monetary shocks have a gradual and delayed effect on inflation, and … permanent nominal rigidities, and no departure from rational expectations, there is a long-run inflation-unemployment tradeoff …

The current discussion of Inflation Targeting (IT) in emerging economies deals with the effects that nominal exchange … rate movements have on the overall inflation rate. The literature has focused in the analysis of the advantages and …-through effect into inflation. So far none of them have dealt with the differences arising from the policy instruments used to fight …

This paper examines the question of whether inflation targeting monetary policy is an appropriate framework for sub …-Saharan African countries. The paper presents an overview of inflation targeting, reviews the justification for the regime, and … summarizes some major critiques. Monetary policy responses to inflation depend on the source of inflationary pressures. Therefore …

activity of the Bank of Lithuania during the process of integration into the EU. The viability of the inflation rate maintained …