Seigniorage and inflation: the case of Argentina.: An article from: Journal of Money, Credit & Banking

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From the supplier: This paper studies the relation between seigniorage and inflation in Argentina for the period 1979-1989. We estimate a money demand function and derive the Laffer curve for several sub-periods with different monetary exchange rate regimes. We find that for most of the period the Argentine economy remained on the "efficient" side of the Laffer curve. The long-run revenue maximizing rate of inflation has been around 20% per month for the "tablita" (1979-1981) and post-austral (1985-1988) periods and around 30% per month for the pre-Austral period (1982-1985). The long-run maximum level of seigniorage has been above 6% of GDP. Our results imply that the hyperinflation experienced by Argentina in 1989 can be interpreted as an unstable phenomenon that resulted from the need to collect a level of seigniorage that exceeded the maximum warranted by the demand for money. (Printed by permission of the publisher.)

Citation Details
Title: Seigniorage and inflation: the case of Argentina.
Author: Miguel A. Kiguel
Publication:Journal of Money, Credit & Banking (Refereed)
Date: August 1, 1995
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Volume: v27 Issue: n3 Page: p672(11)

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