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Record Nr.

UNINA9910956122603321

Autore

Crowe Christopher

Titolo

Inflation, Inequality, and Social Conflict / / Christopher Crowe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

9786613828217

9781462387137

1462387136

9781452776378

1452776377

9781283515764

1283515768

9781451983937

145198393X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (39 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Soggetti

Income distribution - Econometric models

Inflation (Finance) - Social aspects

Aggregate Factor Income Distribution

Deflation

Economics

Income distribution

Income inequality

Income

Inflation

Macroeconomics

Personal income

Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions

Political Economy

Political economy

Price Level

Prices

United States

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.