Quantity theory of money: the hypothesis of the dichotomy between relative prices and absolute prices

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  • Tito Belchior Silva Moreira Universidade Católica de Brasília
  • Mario Jorge Mendonça IPEA
  • Adolfo Sachsida IPEA
  • Benjamin Miranda Tabak Universidade Catolica de Brasilia

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https://doi.org/10.5380/re.v41i1.41382

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Quantity theory of money, relative prices, absolute prices, dichotomy.

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This paper aims to investigate the impact of a change in the quantity of money on relative prices based on quarterly time-series for the period 1959-2013 of the U.S. economy. The econometric results show evidence that a change in the money supply affects the relative prices. This result does not corroborate the assumption that changes in relative prices only occur due to changes in real variables, but changes in relative prices also occur via changes of the money stock. In this sense, there is no empirical evidence that the hypothesis of the dichotomy between relative prices and absolute prices is valid.

Biografia do Autor

Tito Belchior Silva Moreira, Universidade Católica de Brasília

Departamento de Econaomia da UCB

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2015-05-01

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Moreira, T. B. S., Mendonça, M. J., Sachsida, A., & Tabak, B. M. (2015). Quantity theory of money: the hypothesis of the dichotomy between relative prices and absolute prices. Revista De Economia, 41(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/re.v41i1.41382

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