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Financial liberalization, inflation tax and the demand for money in Mozambique

African Journal of Economic Policy

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Title Financial liberalization, inflation tax and the demand for money in Mozambique
 
Creator Marrengula, Constantino Pedro
 
Description This paper uses an error correction mechanism to model the demand for currency in Mozambique. In addition, it derives the optimum inflation tax and tests whether it remained stable between 1991 to 1999. In line with other studies done elsewhere, currency is found to have a long run relationship with income and inflation. The long run income elasticity is one, while the inflation elasticity is 0.027, reflecting the importance of transaction demand and a greater scope for raising seignorage. Interestingly, despite political, financial and natural shocks, currency demand remained stable. African Journal of Economic Policy Vol. 9(2) 2002: 1-20
 
Publisher Department of Economics, University of Ibadan
 
Date 2006-08-23
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajep/article/view/24275
10.4314/ajep.v9i2.24275
 
Source African Journal of Economic Policy; Vol. 9 No. 2 (2002); 1-20
1116-4875
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajep/article/view/24275/20270