Political Instability and Inflation Volatility

Ari Aisen and Francisco Veiga

No 2/2006, NIPE Working Papers from NIPE - Universidade do Minho

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to empirically determine the causes of the worldwide diversity of inflation volatility. We show that higher degrees of political instability, ideological polarization and political fragmentation are associated with higher inflation volatility.

Keywords: Inflation; volatility; political instability; institutions. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E31 E63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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