Fifteen years of monetary rigidity in Brazil after the Real Plan: a research agenda

André de Melo Modenesi () and Rui Lyrio Modenesi ()

Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 2012, vol. 32, issue 3, 389-411

Abstract: Fifteen years of monetary inflexibility in Brazil after the Real Plan: a research agenda.The paper makes a review of literature and a research agenda on the anomaly of Brazilian monetary policy. Following a retrospect of the first 15 years after the Real Plan, there is a review of studies aiming to explain the high real interest rate. None of the summarized theses can completely explain the phenomenon. The main research opportunities are: deepening of empirical evidence of monetary policy efficacy loss; improvement in mensuration of its inefficacy; and improvement of alternative instruments to control inflation. The field of political economy is also fertile. One should assess the relevance of oligopolies as an explaining factor of persistence of high inflation. JEL Classification: E31.

Keywords: inflation; monetary policy; Selic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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