-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 …

Drives Inflation. Chapter IV introduces a second model of a corrupt central banker, one who sells inside information … general seems to increase the inflation rate. My model of the corrupt central banker provides a new explanation of this effect …, that is, that corruption leads to a higher rate of inflation and/or higher seigniorage, will be tested for a cross …

to inflation targeting as their monetary policy. This paper serves as a survey of the experiences of emerging countries … in adoption to inflation targeting. In view of the recent successful experience of some emerging economies, the paper … focuses on inflation targeting as a choice of policy regime for Pakistan. The discussion and analysis in this paper suggests …

Is inflation targeting an appropriate framework for monetary policy? Experience from the inflation-targeting countries … countries are optimistic about inflation targeting as a monetary-policy framework. South Africa is also following this trend … shows that inflation targeting is not a universal remedy to modern economic ills -- there is an emerging danger of assigning …

equilibrium to achieve a simple, linear model, that only depends on inflation, the output gap, and the interest rate, in the case … inflation dynamics is crucial. Because of the controversial debate on the importance of expectations, the consequences of … central banks should react stronger to changes in inflation and output under uncertainty. Furthermore, it is shown that …

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 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 …