What to Target? Inflation or Exchange Rate

C-Tier
Journal: Southern Economic Journal
Year: 2012
Volume: 78
Issue: 4
Pages: 1202-1221

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This study empirically compares, for the first time, the popular exchange‐rate–targeting regime with the recently emerged inflation‐targeting framework in developing countries. Applying a variety of propensity score matching methods and dynamic panel generalized method of moments (GMM) regressions to a sample of 50 developing countries for the years 1990–2006, we find strong and robust evidence that, compared to exchange‐rate targeting, inflation targeting leads to a significantly lower inflation rate, and the lower inflation rate does not come at a cost of slower growth.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:wly:soecon:v:78:y:2012:i:4:p:1202-1221
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25