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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810752303321

Autore

Crowe Christopher (Christopher W.)

Titolo

Inflation, inequality, and social conflict / / prepared by Christopher Crowe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.], : International Monetary Fund, IMF Institute, 2006

ISBN

1-4623-8713-6

1-4527-7637-7

1-283-51576-8

1-4519-8393-X

9786613828217

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (39 p.)

Collana

IMF working paper ; ; WP/06/158

Soggetti

Income distribution - Econometric models

Inflation (Finance) - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"June 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. Introduction""; ""II. Household Optimization""; ""III. Political Optimization""; ""IV. Empirical Analysis""; ""V. Concluding Remarks""

Sommario/riassunto

This paper presents and then tests a political economy model to analyze the observed positive relationship between income inequality and inflation. The model's key features are unequal access to both inflation-hedging opportunities and the political process. The model predicts that inequality and 'elite bias' in the political system interact to create incentives for inflation. The paper's empirical section focuses on this predicted interaction effect. The identification strategy involves using the end of the Cold War as a source of exogenous variation in the political environment. It finds robust evidence in support of the model.