-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 …