Disinflation, external vulnerability, and fiscal intransigence: some unpleasant Mundellian arithmetic

This paper examines the policy challenges that a country faces when it wants to both reduce inflation and maintain a sustainable external position. Robert Mundell’s policy assignment framework suggests that these two goals may be mutually incompatible unless monetary and fiscal policies are properly...

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Main Author: Evan C. Tanner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Applied Economics
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15140326.2019.1644718