inflation

Money, Barter and Inflation in Russia

Using a macroeconometric framework, this paper analyses relationships among money, barter and inflation in Russia during the transition period. Following the development of a theoretical framework that introduces barter in a standard small open economy macro model, we estimate our model using structural cointegration and vector error correction methods.

Category : Economics Papers
Fiscal operations, money supply and inflation in Tanzania

The Tanzanian economy has experienced many internal and external shocks since the late 1970s. Previous studies on the Nigerian parallel market found "return predictability". Based on this finding, we quantify, using Hansen's GMM estimation technique, the risk-return characteristics implicit in the simplest trading strategy of "buy and hold" an optimal portfolio ...

Category : Economics Papers
Do Inflation and High Taxes Increase Bank Leverage?

Does the combination of inflation and high corporate taxes explain the increase in bank leverage in the 20th century? Inflation automatically increases bank debt, while high corporate taxes hinder capital accumulation. Capital ratios therefore drop, until leverage-induced returns are sufficient to uphold them at constant levels. This theory was confronted ...

Category : Economics Papers
Money, Barter and Inflation in Russia

Using a macroeconometric framework, this paper analyses relationships among money, barter and inflation in Russia during the transition period. Following the development of a theoretical framework that introduces barter in a standard small open economy macro model, we estimate our model using structural cointegration and vector error correction methods. Our ...

Category : Economics Papers
Targeting Inflation with a Prominent Role for Money

This paper demonstrates how a target for money growth can be beneficial for an inflation targeting central bank acting under discretion. Because the growth rate of money is closely related to the change in the interest rate and he growth of real output, delegating a money growth target to the ...

Category : Economics Papers
Monetary Policy in Closed and Open Economies

Two DSGE models are calibrated and simulated to investigate how the role of monetarypolicy differs between a closed and an open economy. The central bank conducts monetary policy according to a Taylor (1993) rule, reacting to inflation- and output deviations. Prices are sticky and there are habit components which slow ...