The study analyzes the effect of inflation volatility on growth in the presence of different degrees of institutional development. A nonlinear growth regression specification using a system Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) procedure on a sample of 37 countries over the period 1989–2006 is...

Policymakers and pundits have not shied away from using economic jargon while covering the United States' recent financial crisis. Language typically reserved for banking, finance, and economic policy experts has become commonplace. While the economic crisis has been widely covered, there is...

Financial Inclusion - access to financial products by households and firms - is one of the main albeit challenging priorities, both for Advanced Economies (AEs) as well as Emerging Markets (EMs), even more so for the latter. Financial inclusion facilitates consumption smoothing, lowers income...

Policymakers and pundits have not shied away from using economic jargon while covering the United States' recent financial crisis. Language typically reserved for banking, finance, and economic policy experts has become commonplace. While the economic crisis has been widely covered, there is...

There are many studies addressing the role of the economic policy versus the role of institutions in growth. However, few of these studies have addressed the role of the second moments of the policy instead of the policy itself in affecting growth. In this study, the role of inflation volatility...

here are many studies addressing the role of the economic policy versus the role of institutions in growth. However, few of these studies have addressed the role of the second moments of the policy instead of the policy itself in affecting growth. In this study, the role of inflation volatility...

This study analyzes the impact of reducing inflation volatility and the impact of enhancing financial institutions on economic welfare. First, an empirical analysis of the impact of inflation, inflation volatility, and financial institutions on a country’s sovereign debt rating is undertaken....

This study analyzes the impact of reducing inflation volatility versus the impact of improving financial institutions with regard to the country’s sovereign debt rating. An empirical analysis of the impact of inflation, inflation volatility and financial institutions on a country’s sovereign...