Political instability and inflation volatility
By: prepared by Ari Aisen and Francisco José Veiga.
Contributors: Veiga, Francisco José.; International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept.
Series: IMF working paper -- WP/06/212
Publisher: International Monetary Fund, Asia and Pacific Dept.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Subjects: Inflation (Finance) -- Econometric models.; Political stability -- Economic aspects -- Econometric models.
Description: The purpose of this paper is to empirically determine the causes of worldwide diversity of inflation volatility. We show that higher degrees of political instability, ideological polarization, and political fragmentation are associated with higher inflation volatility.
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