IMF Working Papers

Political Instability and Inflation Volatility

By Francisco José Veiga, Ari Aisen

September 1, 2006

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Francisco José Veiga, and Ari Aisen. Political Instability and Inflation Volatility, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2006) accessed September 19, 2024
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Summary

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.

Subject: Agricultural sector, Inflation, Oil prices

Keywords: Fiscal policy, Inflation volatility, Monetary policy, Standard deviation, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    9

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2006/212

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2006212

  • ISBN:

    9781451864724

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941