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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Growth, inflation and the exchange rate regime

Malte KrügerIgnacio HernandoJavier AndrésJavier Andrés

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InflationEconomics and EconometricsExchange ratemedia_common.quotation_subjectKeynesian economicsEconomicsMonetary economicsExchange-rate regimeReal interest rateFinancemedia_common

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Abstract According to the Balassa-Samuelson effect, growth and inflation are positively correlated in economies with pegged currencies. This paper shows that the costs of inflation on long-term growth are underestimated in samples that include countries and periods with fixed exchange rate regimes.

https://doi.org/10.1016/s0165-1765(96)00895-6