The “credibility” of the antiinflationary economic policy and its temporal consistency

This article is a survey about the consequences of the credibility of governmentpolicies, one of the main developments in macroeconomic theory in the 80s. New classicaleconomists used it to explain why, in the long-run, government policies fail when they intendto increase the level of employment abo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Filho, Arthur Barrionuevo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1994
País:Brasil
Institución:EDITORA 34
Repositorio:Revista de Economia Política
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.centrodeeconomiapolitica.org:article/1267
Acceso en línea:https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org.br/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/1267
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Credibility
stabilization
inflation
Credibilidade
estabilização
inflação
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Sumario:This article is a survey about the consequences of the credibility of governmentpolicies, one of the main developments in macroeconomic theory in the 80s. New classicaleconomists used it to explain why, in the long-run, government policies fail when they intendto increase the level of employment above the natural rate. Even in the short run, theyonly achieve their aims if it is possible to cheat the private sector. The result will be to losecredibility and inflationary pressures. Other authors developed it as a tool to understandthe relationship between government, political parties and pressure groups with economicpolicy. Finally, we comment some papers about the Brazilian inflation based on distributiveconflict and compare them with explanations from credibility of policies. JEL Classification: E31; E52.