Year:
2005
Autor(s):
Elvia Mureb Sallum; Fernando de Holanda Barbosa; Alexandre Barros da Cunha
Serie number: 578
Abstract:
This paper shows that a competitive equilibrium model, where a representative agent maximizes welfare, expectations are rational and markets are in equilibrium can account for several hyperinflation stylized facts. The theory is built by combining two hypotheses, namely, a fiscal crisis that requires printing money to finance an increasing public deficit and a predicted change in an unsustainable fiscal regime.