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Timing, performance and causes of failure of inflation stabilization plans

 

Main researcher: Francisco José Veiga

Research Unit: Economic Policies Research Unit (NIPE), Universidade do Minho.

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) and FEDER, ref. 32491/99 (45041,45 euros).

Duration: 1/12/2000 to 310/11/2003.

Objectives:

This project analyses several aspects of inflation stabilization programs and aims at providing an answer to the following questions:

1 - Which economic and political variables or factors better explain the timing of implementation of inflation stabilization programs in chronic inflation countries? Do political models of conflict explain delays better than optimal control models?

2 - Which economic and political variables or factors affected the most the probability of failure of inflation stabilization plans implemented in chronic inflation countries?

3 - Which are the most important economic and political determinants of inflation differences across countries and time?

4- How has inflation stabilization evolved in Central and Eastern European countries? What explains the differences observed in these countries' performances? How does their experience compare to that of chronic inflation countries, especially to those of Latin America?

 

Results:

Articles published in international scientific journals:

Aisen, Ari and Francisco José Veiga (2006), "Does political instability lead to higher inflation? A panel data analysis." Forthcoming in the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking.

Veiga, Francisco José (2005), “IMF arrangements, politics and the timing of stabilizations.” Open Economies Review 16(4), 321-340.

Castro, Vítor and Francisco José Veiga (2004), "Political Business Cycles and Inflation Stabilization", Economics Letters, 83(1), 1-6.

Veiga, Francisco José (2000), "Delays of inflation stabilizations", Economics and Politics, 12(3), 275-295.

Master thesis:

Vítor Manuel Alves de Castro

“O atraso na implementação de planos de estabilização como resultado de conflitos de interesses”

Master in Economic Policy, EEG/UM

January 2003.

Working papers:

Veiga, Francisco José (2003), "The Political Economy of Failed Stabilization", NIPE - WP 13/2003.

Aisen, Ari and Francisco José Veiga (2003), "Does Political Instability lead to higher and more volatile inflation? A Panel Data Analysis", NIPE - WP 10/2003. Com Ari Aisen (FMI)

Castro, Vítor and Francisco José Veiga (2002), "Political Business Cycles and Inflation Stabilization," NIPE - WP 9 / 2002, EEG-UM.

Veiga, Francisco José (2002), "IMF arrangements, politics and the timing of stabilizations," NIPE-WP 2/2002.

Conference proceedings:

Aisen, Ari and Francisco José Veiga (2005), “Does political instability lead to higher inflation? A panel data analysis,” XIII World Congress of the International Economic Association, August/September 2005, Marrakech, Morocco (on CD-ROM).

Veiga, Francisco José (2005), “The political economy of failed stabilization.” XIII World Congress of the International Economic Association, August/September 2005, Marrakech, Morocco (on CD-ROM).

Veiga, Francisco José (2004),“The political economy of failed stabilization.” 2004 Annual Meeting of the European Public Choice Society, Berlim, April de 2004 (on CD-ROM).

Veiga, Francisco José (2003), IMF arrangements, politics and the timing of stabilization, XIII World Congress of the International Economic Association, Lisbon, Setember (on CD-ROM).

Aisen, Ari and Francisco José Veiga (2003), “Does political instability lead to high and more volatile inflation? A panel data analysis,” 2003 Annual Meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, Puebla, México, October 2003 (on CD-ROM).

Presentations in conferences:

XIII World Congress of the International Economic Association, Agosto/Setembro de 2005, Marrakech, Marrocos.

2004 Annual Meeting of the European Public Choice Society, April 2004, Berlim (Germany)

2003 Annual Meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, Puebla, México, October 2003.

2003 Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society, Panamá City, Panamá, August 2003 (presented by Ari Aisen).

2003 Meeting of the European Public Choice Society, Aahrus (Denmark), April 2003.

2002 Meeting of the Public Choice Society, San Diego, USA, March de 2002.

XIII World Congress of the International Economic Association, Lisbon, September 2002.

7th Conference of the Portuguese Society of Research in Economics (SPIE), Aveiro, Portugal, June 2002.

Final report (in Portuguese) (download - PDF)

 

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