Chronic Inflation in an Industrializing Economy - The Brazilian Experience

Vincent Parkin explains the nature and causes of chronic inflation in middle-income developing countries by focusing on the Brazilian experience.

List of contents

Preface; Introduction; Part I. Theory and Empirical Background: 1. A theoretical framework for the study of inflation rooted in the Latin American structuralist approach; 2. Brazil's experience with inflation since 1960: the evidence and existing interpretations; Part II. The Determinants of Wages and Prices: 3. The manufacturing price index; 4. Average earnings in manufacturing industry; 5. The price of food and food supply; 6. Other price relationships; Part III. The Inflationary Process: 7. A marcoeconomic model for Brazil; 8. Model validation and evaluation; 9. Policy experiments; 10. Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Summary

In this book, originally published in 1991, Vincent Parkin sets out to explain the nature and causes of chronic inflation in middle-income developing countries by focusing on the Brazilian experience. The book will be of interest to all economists concerned with inflation and Latin America.

Product details

• Authors: Vincent Parkin, Parkin Vincent
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.1991
• EAN: 9780521375405
• ISBN: 978-0-521-37540-5
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 620 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Brazil, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Money & Monetary Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics