An Analysis of Repressed Inflation in Two Transition Economies

Economics of Planning, Vol. 29, pp. 51-65, 1996

Posted: 29 Oct 2005

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Andrew Feltenstein

Georgia State University - Department of Economics

Jiming Ha

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Abstract

We construct a simple model that tests for repressed inflation by estimating a "true" rate of inflation that explains behavior of observed money demand. We estimate the model using quarterly data for Czechoslovakia and Poland. Although our results should be viewed as preliminary, given the imperfect nature of our data, we do have strong evidence that, prior to 1991, there was considerable repressed inflation in Poland, while there was essentially no repressed inflation in Czechoslovakia.

Keywords: Transition, repressed inflation

JEL Classification: E31, P20

Suggested Citation

Feltenstein, Andrew and Ha, Jiming, An Analysis of Repressed Inflation in Two Transition Economies. Economics of Planning, Vol. 29, pp. 51-65, 1996, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=827627

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Jiming Ha

International Monetary Fund (IMF) ( email )

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