The Hungarian 1945-1946 hyperinflation

This paper provides a description of the Hungarian hyper-inflation in the periodimmediately after World War II. It is shown that the inflationary process started with thenecessity of financing the high costs of the war effort. After the war, the reduction of productioncapacity, reparation payments,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Hegedus, Georges
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1986
País:Brasil
Institución:EDITORA 34
Repositorio:Revista de Economia Política
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.centrodeeconomiapolitica.org:article/1792
Acceso en línea:https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org.br/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/1792
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Inflação
hiperinflação húngara
história econômica da Hungria
Inflation
Hungarian hyperinflation
economic history of Hungary
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Sumario:This paper provides a description of the Hungarian hyper-inflation in the periodimmediately after World War II. It is shown that the inflationary process started with thenecessity of financing the high costs of the war effort. After the war, the reduction of productioncapacity, reparation payments, and the large government deficit provided the factors forthe rapid growth of the rate of inflation. Reference is made to the unsuccessful effort to introducean indexed currency. The stabilization process is seen as a result of careful planningand a very harsh redistribution of income among the various social classes. JEL Classification: E31; N14.