The monetary explanation of inflation: The experience of three major OPEC economies |
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Authors: | Ali F Darrat |
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Institution: | Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Finance, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
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Abstract: | The purpose of this paper is to analyze and to test empirically the monetary explanation of inflation in the case of the moderate inflationary experience of three major OPEC economies over the last two decades. The estimated model takes into account the underlying money demand relationship and pays careful attention to the model's lag specifications. The empirical results show that the monetary model of inflation adequately explains the inflationary process in each of the countries studied. These empirical results, furthermore, are econometrically valid insofar as they are not plagued with significant simultaneous-equation bias. In addition, the estimated equations are also found to exhibit structural stability over time. |
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Keywords: | Address reprint requests to Professor Ali F Darrat Department of Economics and Finance University of New Orleans New Orleans LA 70148 USA |
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