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New evidence on the output-inflation trade-off from developing economies: the case of the CFA Franc zone

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  • Gianluigi Giorgioni

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This aim of this paper is to give a contribution to the debate on whether output-inflation trade-offs are negatively influenced by the mean of inflation (as postulated by new-Keynesians) or by the variability of inflation (as postulated by neo-classical economists). To remove any concerns about the arbitrariness of the choice of the sample, the analysis will focus on a group of countries belonging to the same currency union, the Franc Zone. The results do not provide conclusive evidence on either theory as it was found that there existed a negative relation between the output-inflation trade-offs and the mean of inflation on the one hand, and the variability of inflation, on the other.

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  • Gianluigi Giorgioni, 2001. "New evidence on the output-inflation trade-off from developing economies: the case of the CFA Franc zone," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(8), pages 1077-1082.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:33:y:2001:i:8:p:1077-1082
    DOI: 10.1080/00036840010003267
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    1. Devarajan, Shantayanan & Rodrik, Dani, 1991. "Do the Benefits of Exchange Rates Outweigh Their Cost? The Franc Zone in Africa," CEPR Discussion Papers 561, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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