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TABLE 2<br />

COUNTRY ESTIMATIONS IN LEVELS<br />

Country k<br />

Argentina -1.66<br />

(0.04)<br />

-1.32<br />

(0.37)<br />

Bolivia - 2.63<br />

(0.07)<br />

-2.59<br />

(0.09)<br />

Brazil -1.69<br />

(0.12)<br />

-2.06<br />

(O. 10)<br />

Chile -2.96<br />

(0.17)<br />

-2.97<br />

(0.29)<br />

Ghana -1.32<br />

(0.15)<br />

- 1.21<br />

(0.12)<br />

Israel -1.47<br />

(0.13)<br />

-1.60<br />

(0.12)<br />

Mexico -2.12<br />

(0.05)<br />

-2.16<br />

(0.05)<br />

Nicaragua -3.53<br />

(0.12)<br />

-3.65<br />

(0.08)<br />

Peru - 1.91<br />

(0.13)<br />

-2.08<br />

Uruguay - 1.83<br />

(0.21)<br />

1.99<br />

(66.25)<br />

Zaire - 1.29<br />

(O. 10)<br />

-5.50<br />

(106.8)<br />

ln (-) = k + Atrz<br />

A w R2A DW ObS (p-p_l ) _ s r<br />

-1.69 1<br />

(0.18)<br />

- 1.93 0.65<br />

(0.37) (0.26)<br />

-0.68 1<br />

(0.14)<br />

-0.69 0.81<br />

(0.17) (0.54)<br />

-1.95 1<br />

(0.22)<br />

- 1.96 2.03<br />

(0.14) (0.67)<br />

-0.16 1<br />

(0.28)<br />

-0.16 1.37<br />

(0.27) (9.42)<br />

- 1.52 1<br />

(0.56)<br />

-1.35 0.68<br />

(0.56) (0.40)<br />

-2.28 1<br />

(0.21)<br />

-2.55 1.39<br />

(0.49) (0.51)<br />

-1.44 1<br />

(0.27)<br />

- 1.66 1.24<br />

(0.52) (0.55)<br />

-1.58 1<br />

(0.55)<br />

-2.75 9.97<br />

(0.17) (2.12)<br />

-1.34 1<br />

(0.30)<br />

- 1.65 2.28<br />

(0.11) (0.12)<br />

-1.36 1<br />

(0.61)<br />

-4.77 0.08<br />

(65.72) (1.31)<br />

-1.57 1<br />

(0.21)<br />

-7.79 0.05<br />

(106.6) (0.67)<br />

0.77 0.83 30<br />

0.77 0.76 30<br />

0.36 0.29 30<br />

0.33 0.29 30<br />

0.76 0.38 30<br />

0.82 0.32 30<br />

-0.03 0.25 30<br />

-0.06 0.25 30<br />

0.23 0.25 31<br />

0.21 0.26 31<br />

0.69 0.23 31<br />

0.68 0.29 31<br />

0.58 0.33 31<br />

0.57 0.39 31<br />

0.49 0.41 31<br />

0.87 0.77 31<br />

0.60 0.47 30<br />

0.72 0.57 30<br />

(0.54)<br />

0.18 0.26 31<br />

0.17 0.22 31<br />

0.44 0.66 26<br />

0.46 0.53 26<br />

P-I mnr<br />

145%<br />

240%<br />

NOTE: Obs is the number of observations <strong>and</strong> srtXar is the implied steady-state seigniorage-maximizing inflation rate conventionally<br />

measured as in alternative (a) discussed in the text. St<strong>and</strong>ard errors are in parentheses.<br />

oo<br />

oo<br />

105%<br />

103%<br />

oo<br />

oo<br />

192%<br />

oo<br />

78%<br />

67%<br />

227%<br />

127%<br />

172%<br />

254%<br />

294%<br />

127%<br />

278%<br />

oo<br />

175%<br />

oo

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