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100 1 _aBrunnermeier, Markus K.
245 1 4 _aThe Debt-Inflation Channel of the German Hyperinflation /
_cMarkus K. Brunnermeier, Sergio A. Correia, Stephan Luck, Emil Verner, Tom Zimmermann.
260 _aCambridge, Mass.
_bNational Bureau of Economic Research
_c2023.
300 _a1 online resource:
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490 1 _aNBER working paper series
_vno. w31298
500 _aJune 2023.
520 3 _aThis paper studies how a large increase in the price level is transmitted to the real economy through firm balance sheets. Using newly digitized macro- and micro-level data from the German inflation of 1919-1923, we show that inflation led to a large reduction in real debt burdens and bankruptcies. Firms with higher nominal liabilities at the onset of inflation experienced a larger decline in interest expenses, a relative increase in their equity values, and higher employment during the inflation. The results are consistent with real effects of a debt-inflation channel that operates even when prices and wages are flexible.
530 _aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
538 _aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
538 _aMode of access: World Wide Web.
588 0 _aPrint version record
690 7 _aPrice Level • Inflation • Deflation
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650 7 _aPrice Level • Inflation • Deflation
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084 _aG20
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690 7 _aGeneral
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650 7 _aGeneral
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690 7 _aFinancial Markets and Institutions
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650 7 _aFinancial Markets and Institutions
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700 1 _aCorreia, Sergio A.
700 1 _aLuck, Stephan.
700 1 _aVerner, Emil.
700 1 _aZimmermann, Tom.
710 2 _aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830 0 _aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research)
_vno. w31298.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w31298
856 _yAcceso en lĂ­nea al DOI
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w31298
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