In Search of a Monetary Constitution for Brazil

The present paper examines various episodes of the monetary history of Braziland other countries as well as the recent empirical evidence to look into critically thetwo principal proposals of monetary constitution for Brazil: currency board and independentcentral bank proposals. We outline also a mo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Ronci, Marcio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2000
País:Brasil
Institución:EDITORA 34
Repositorio:Revista de Economia Política
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.centrodeeconomiapolitica.org:article/1017
Acceso en línea:https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org.br/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/1017
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Monetary constitution
stabilization
quantity theory of money
inflation
money supply
Constituição monetária
estabilização
teoria quantitativa da moeda
inflação
oferta de moeda
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Sumario:The present paper examines various episodes of the monetary history of Braziland other countries as well as the recent empirical evidence to look into critically thetwo principal proposals of monetary constitution for Brazil: currency board and independentcentral bank proposals. We outline also a monetary constitution inspired in the Pandia?Calo?geras’s Monetary Project (1926) with the only purpose of shedding light on the basicprinciples involved in the design of a monetary constitution aimed at controlling the powerto create money and curbing inflation: (a) separation between the power to create moneyand the agents that determine public expenditure; (b) a clear monetary rule to constraint thepower to create money; and (e) separation of the power to create money from the regulationand supervision of banks. JEL Classification: E51; E58; E42.