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Discussion Paper

Nr. 2008-9 | April 01, 2008
Bent Nielsen
On the Explosive Nature of Hyper-Inflation Data

Abstract

Empirical analyses of Cagan’s money demand schedule for hyper-inflation have largely ignored the explosive nature of hyper-inflationary data. It is argued that this contributes to an (i) inability to model the data to the end of the hyper-inflation, and to (ii) discrepancies between “estimated” and “actual” inflation tax. A simple solution to these issues is found by replacing the conventional measure of inflation by the cost of holding money.

Paper submitted to the special issue "Using Econometrics for Assessing Economic Models" edited by Katarina Juselius.

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JEL Classification

C32 E41

Citation

Bent Nielsen (2008). On the Explosive Nature of Hyper-Inflation Data. Economics Discussion Papers, No 2008-9. http://www.economics-ejournal.org/economics/discussionpapers/2008-9

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