This study investigates the linkage between inflation and inflation-uncertainty in seven transitional economies ( Armenia , Azerbaijan , Georgia , Kazakhstan , the Kyrgyz Republic , the Russian Federation and the Ukraine ) which experienced hyper-inflation until the mid-1990s. This linkage is...

This article investigates empirically the effects of currency mismatches on economic growth and volatility of growth in emerging market economies. Using the Arellano-Bond dynamic panel data approach, the analyses provide evidence on the presence of adverse growth effects of currency mismatches....

Using a dynamic panel data approach, we estimate the impact of the political and institutional factors on inflation. Estimation results show that a lower degree of political instability generates lower inflation only for developed and low-inflation countries. However, when political freedom is...