Seigniorage, Operating Rules, and the High Inflation Trap

S-Tier
Journal: Quarterly Journal of Economics
Year: 1990
Volume: 105
Issue: 2
Pages: 353-374

Authors (2)

Michael Bruno (not in RePEc) Stanley Fischer

Score contribution per author:

4.022 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

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

Abstract

There may be both a high and a low inflation equilibrium when the government finances the deficit through seigniorage. Under rational expectations the high inflation equilibrium is stable, and the low inflation equilibrium unstable; under adaptive expectations or lagged adjustment of money balances with rational expectations, the low inflation equilibrium may be stable. Adding bond financing, dual equilibria remain if the government fixes the real interest rate, but a unique equilibrium is attained when the government sets a nominal anchor for the economy. The existence of dual equilibria is thus a result of the government's operating rules.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:oup:qjecon:v:105:y:1990:i:2:p:353-374.
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25