The purpose of this paper is to estimate the welfare cost of inflation in Iran. We first use the long-horizon regression approach developed by Fisher and Seater (1993) to obtain an estimate of the inflation rate elasticity of money demand and then the Baily’s consumer surplus approach to calculate the welfare cost function. The results show that reducing inflation rate from 40% to 0% increases ...

This paper investigates the effect of exchange rate uncertainty on the Iran’s import trade. The exchange rate ‎uncertainty series were generated utilizing the TARCH model. This model analyzes the asymmetric effects. The analysis of uncertainty and asymmetry ‎of the exchange rate shows significant TARCH ‎effect on Iran’s exchange rates‎. The findings of the study indicate negative shocks (bad ne...

P rice-level stability is widely recognized as the principal goal of monetary policy (see, for example, Black 1990, Carlstrom and Gavin 1991, and Hoskins 1991). A program for price stability actually has two distinct objectives; achieving each objective has its own distinct benefits. The first objective is to reduce the expected rate of price inflation to zero. The second objective is to elimin...

We study a model with repeated moral hazard where financial contracts are not fully indexed to inflation because nominal prices are observed with delay, as in Jovanovic & Ueda (1997). More constrained firms sign contracts that are less indexed to inflation, and as a result, their investment is more sensitive to nominal price shocks. We also find that the overall degree of nominal indexation inc...

Stock price changes within a certain period can be observed in the volatility of stock index. Changes prices influenced by country's macroeconomic conditions and global economic conditions. Macroeconomic factors include interest rates, inflation, exchange growth, while uncertainty is using Global Economic Policy Uncertainty (GEPU) This study examines effect variables GEPU index on Indonesia Exc...