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...

We re-examine the validity of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) proposition using Taylor's (2002) data set. Applying the Kalman filter process, our findings not only demonstrate the strong instability in the relationship between the dollar denominated foreign price levels and the US price level, but...