that theory and structure help in predicting commodity prices, although not the exchange rate, and that predictive ability …

This paper focuses on the role of debt maturity in managing the government’s incentives to use opportunistic inflation … powerful instrument to affect the time profile of the inflation tax base and, hence, to mitigate the distortions introduced by …

This paper analyzes the relationship between inflation tax and the level of government spending in a public finance … inflation tax becomes an increasing function of government spending. Furthermore, the more inefficient the tax collection system …, the larger the increase in the inflation tax for a given increase in government spending. A numerical analysis of the …

This paper explains why sovereign issuers of reserve currencies do not use unexpected inflation to repudiate their … excessive money creation. It is shown that even without policy precommitment or aversion to inflation, the availability of … alternative currencies can support an equilibrium with a finite, time consistent inflation rate …

rate regime and economicperformance. The paper argues that adopting a pegged exchange rate canlead to lower inflation, but …

Inflation-forecast targeting is state of the art for monetary policy. This book explores first principles, including …Part I. The frontiers of monetary policymaking. 1. An overview of inflation-forecast targeting -- Part II. Principles … and practices of inflation-forecast targeting. 2. First principles -- 3. Managing expectations -- 4. Nuts and bolts of a …