Chronic Inflation in an Industrializing Economy: The Brazilian Experience Book

Preface; Introduction; Part I. Theory and Empirical Background: 1. A theoretical framework for the study of inflation rooted in the Latin American structuralist approach; 2. Brazil's experience with inflation since 1960: the evidence and existing interpretations; Part II. The Determinants of Wages and Prices: 3. The manufacturing price index; 4. Average earnings in manufacturing industry; 5. The price of food and food supply; 6. Other price relationships; Part III. The Inflationary Process: 7. A marcoeconomic model for Brazil; 8. Model validation and evaluation; 9. Policy experiments; 10. Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.