Deficits and inflation; Are monetary and financial institutions worthy to consider or not?

Institutions are important to analyze the relationship between deficits and inflation. This study examines whether deficits are inflationary or not in the presence of dependent central bank and fragile financial markets. A panel dataset has been used for eleven Asian countries from 1981 to 2010. Est...

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Main Authors: Tahira Ishaq, Hassan M. Mohsin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-09-01
Series:Borsa Istanbul Review
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214845015000149
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description Institutions are important to analyze the relationship between deficits and inflation. This study examines whether deficits are inflationary or not in the presence of dependent central bank and fragile financial markets. A panel dataset has been used for eleven Asian countries from 1981 to 2010. Estimation results from system GMM show that deficits are inflationary for selected sample, while inflationary pressure of budget deficits is particularly stronger when financial markets are not fully developed and central banks are not free to follow their goals and objectives.
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spelling doaj.art-6bc80b05127945ba92bcfee64895aa2c2022-12-22T03:24:59ZengElsevierBorsa Istanbul Review2214-84502015-09-0115318019110.1016/j.bir.2015.03.002Deficits and inflation; Are monetary and financial institutions worthy to consider or not?Tahira IshaqHassan M. MohsinInstitutions are important to analyze the relationship between deficits and inflation. This study examines whether deficits are inflationary or not in the presence of dependent central bank and fragile financial markets. A panel dataset has been used for eleven Asian countries from 1981 to 2010. Estimation results from system GMM show that deficits are inflationary for selected sample, while inflationary pressure of budget deficits is particularly stronger when financial markets are not fully developed and central banks are not free to follow their goals and objectives.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214845015000149Fiscal deficitsInflationInstitutionsCentral bank independenceFinancial markets development
spellingShingle Tahira Ishaq
Hassan M. Mohsin
Deficits and inflation; Are monetary and financial institutions worthy to consider or not?
Borsa Istanbul Review
Fiscal deficits
Inflation
Institutions
Central bank independence
Financial markets development
title Deficits and inflation; Are monetary and financial institutions worthy to consider or not?
title_full Deficits and inflation; Are monetary and financial institutions worthy to consider or not?
title_fullStr Deficits and inflation; Are monetary and financial institutions worthy to consider or not?
title_full_unstemmed Deficits and inflation; Are monetary and financial institutions worthy to consider or not?
title_short Deficits and inflation; Are monetary and financial institutions worthy to consider or not?
title_sort deficits and inflation are monetary and financial institutions worthy to consider or not
topic Fiscal deficits
Inflation
Institutions
Central bank independence
Financial markets development
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214845015000149
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