Heterodox Inflation Stabilization in Argentina, Brazil, and Israel. A Historical Review and Some Stylized Facts

Serie

  • Cahiers de recherche

Resumen

  • This article presents a review of the stabilization attempts in Argentina, Brazil, and Israel during the 1980’s. Earlier research is summarized and complemented with additional sources of contemporaneous information and a detailed analysis of institutional features. The examination of these episodes underscores the strong economic and empirical relationship between the governments’ fiscal policy and the rate of inflation.

fecha de publicación

  • 1997

Líneas de investigación

  • Credibility
  • Incomes Policies
  • Inflation Stabilization

Issue

  • 9707