Overview
Provides clear policy lessons
Explores causes and effects of hyperinflations
Considers a range of price data sources
Written using case studies that will appeal to both an academic and policy-oriented audience
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About this book
This book investigates the hyperinflation in Zimbabwe in the 2000s. The authors present a full description of the Zimbabwean hyperinflation in its relevant economic, historical and political context. They address parallels with other hyperinflations, discuss the economics of hyperinflation in general and of the Zimbabwean hyperinflation in particular, and provide a money demand estimation using a new dataset. The study concludes with several policy lessons. This book will be of interest to researchers in both social sciences and the humanities, as well as practitioners and policy-makers in development economics, and those in the banking industry.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Tara Bedi is a Marie Curie (CAROLINE) Irish Research Council Post Doctoral Fellow in the Economics Department at Trinity College Dublin. Prior to this, she worked with Trócaire, an Irish NGO, leading on policy research, including Leading Edge 2020. Before moving to Ireland, Tara worked in the Poverty Reduction Group at the World Bank, where she worked and published on impact evaluations, poverty maps and poverty monitoring systems. She received a master’s degree in Public Administration in International Development from the Harvard Kennedy School. She holds a PhD in Development Economics from Trinity College Dublin.
Tara McIndoe-Calder is a Senior Economist in the Irish Economic Analysis Division of the Central Bank of Ireland. She carries out research in the areas of household finance, consumption, income and wealth; labour markets; and SMEs. Prior to joining the Irish Economic Analysis Division she worked in the Financial Stability Division of the Central Bank of Ireland developing loan loss forecasting models for household and SME risk management in the Irish financial sector. Tara holds an MPhil from Oxford and a PhD from Trinity College Dublin. She is a Rhodes Scholar and a Trinity Scholar.
Rogelio Mercado is a Senior Economist at the Macroeconomics and Monetary Policy of the SEACEN Centre. He develops and delivers training courses on international macroeconomics and monetary policy to various central bank staffs in Asia. He is also the primary author and manager for the SEACEN Capital Flows Monitor. Prior to joining the SEACEN Centre, he held various research and teaching positions. Rogelio's area of research interests include international macroeconomics, international financial economics, and growth theory. He has a portfolio of research publications in international peer-reviewed journals and book chapters. He holds a PhD in Economics from the Trinity College Dublin.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe
Book Subtitle: Background, Impact, and Policy
Authors: Tara McIndoe-Calder, Tara Bedi, Rogelio Mercado
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31015-8
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-31014-1Published: 27 November 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-31015-8Published: 16 November 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 118
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations
Topics: Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Economic Growth, Development Economics, African Economics