From capital inflow to inflation: the role of exchange rate and government debt

As an extension of Muinhos (1998), which found a negative relationship between capital inflows and inflation in Brazil, this paper attempts to obtain the intermediate variables that connect this relationship. Based on a three-good model of Agenor and Montiel (1996) it tests the real exchange rate an...

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Main Author: Marcelo Kfoury Muinhos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Getúlio Vargas 2000-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Economia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71402000000100003
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spelling doaj-2eee223441ac437db497a7caa28dc1e72020-11-25T02:24:35ZengFundação Getúlio VargasRevista Brasileira de Economia0034-71401806-91342000-01-01541578410.1590/S0034-71402000000100003From capital inflow to inflation: the role of exchange rate and government debtMarcelo Kfoury MuinhosAs an extension of Muinhos (1998), which found a negative relationship between capital inflows and inflation in Brazil, this paper attempts to obtain the intermediate variables that connect this relationship. Based on a three-good model of Agenor and Montiel (1996) it tests the real exchange rate and government debt as the intermediate using time series' tools, such as error correction VAR, impulse response function, and Granger causality, for the period that covers from 1975 to 1994. It concludes that in a context of capital inflows, there is an appreciation of the real exchange rate that causes a decrease in wages and inflation. Another possibility is that capital inflows decrease the government debt and that reduction affects negatively inflation.<br>Este artigo é uma extensão de Muinhos (1998), onde foi encontrada uma relação negativa entre entrada de capital e inflação. Aqui tenta-se obter quais as variáveis intermediárias que conectam esta relação. Com base em um modelo de três bens de Agenor e Montiel (1996), foram testadas a taxa real de câmbio e a dívida do governo, como os intermediários. As técnicas econométricas usadas no teste foram error correction VAR, resposta de impulso e causalidade de Granger para um período que cobre de 1975 a 1996. Conclui-se que, num contexto de entrada de capital, uma valorização da taxa de câmbio causa uma diminuição da inflação e dos salários. Outra possibilidade testada foi a de que a entrada de capital diminua a dívida do governo e esta redução afete negativamente a inflação.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71402000000100003capital inflowinflationtime seriesreal exchange rate
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From capital inflow to inflation: the role of exchange rate and government debt
Revista Brasileira de Economia
capital inflow
inflation
time series
real exchange rate
author_facet Marcelo Kfoury Muinhos
author_sort Marcelo Kfoury Muinhos
title From capital inflow to inflation: the role of exchange rate and government debt
title_short From capital inflow to inflation: the role of exchange rate and government debt
title_full From capital inflow to inflation: the role of exchange rate and government debt
title_fullStr From capital inflow to inflation: the role of exchange rate and government debt
title_full_unstemmed From capital inflow to inflation: the role of exchange rate and government debt
title_sort from capital inflow to inflation: the role of exchange rate and government debt
publisher Fundação Getúlio Vargas
series Revista Brasileira de Economia
issn 0034-7140
1806-9134
publishDate 2000-01-01
description As an extension of Muinhos (1998), which found a negative relationship between capital inflows and inflation in Brazil, this paper attempts to obtain the intermediate variables that connect this relationship. Based on a three-good model of Agenor and Montiel (1996) it tests the real exchange rate and government debt as the intermediate using time series' tools, such as error correction VAR, impulse response function, and Granger causality, for the period that covers from 1975 to 1994. It concludes that in a context of capital inflows, there is an appreciation of the real exchange rate that causes a decrease in wages and inflation. Another possibility is that capital inflows decrease the government debt and that reduction affects negatively inflation.<br>Este artigo é uma extensão de Muinhos (1998), onde foi encontrada uma relação negativa entre entrada de capital e inflação. Aqui tenta-se obter quais as variáveis intermediárias que conectam esta relação. Com base em um modelo de três bens de Agenor e Montiel (1996), foram testadas a taxa real de câmbio e a dívida do governo, como os intermediários. As técnicas econométricas usadas no teste foram error correction VAR, resposta de impulso e causalidade de Granger para um período que cobre de 1975 a 1996. Conclui-se que, num contexto de entrada de capital, uma valorização da taxa de câmbio causa uma diminuição da inflação e dos salários. Outra possibilidade testada foi a de que a entrada de capital diminua a dívida do governo e esta redução afete negativamente a inflação.
topic capital inflow
inflation
time series
real exchange rate
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