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Elections, Heterogeneity of Central Bankers and Inflationary Pressure: The case for staggered terms for the president and the central banker

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  • Bugarin, Mauricio Soares
  • Carvalho, Fábia Aparecida de

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Este artigo desenvolve um modelo de teoria dos jogos para a política monetária em que as metas de inflação não são determinadas pela autoridade monetária e incerteza por parte da sociedade sobre as preferências do banqueiro central. O modelo mostra que uma maior dispersão das preferências do banqueiro central aumenta o custo para sinalizar comprometimento com o controle da inflação. Ademais, compara-se dois ambientes institucionais quanto aos mandatos respectivos do banqueiro central e do chefe de governo, mostrando que o custo do ajuste macroeconômico à pressão inflacionária devido ao ciclo político é reduzido quando esse mandatos são não-coincidentes.

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  • Bugarin, Mauricio Soares & Carvalho, Fábia Aparecida de, 2020. "Elections, Heterogeneity of Central Bankers and Inflationary Pressure: The case for staggered terms for the president and the central banker," Revista Brasileira de Economia - RBE, EPGE Brazilian School of Economics and Finance - FGV EPGE (Brazil), vol. 74(4), December.
  • Handle: RePEc:fgv:epgrbe:v:74:y:2020:i:4:a:79188
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