Political stabilization cycles in high inflation economies
High inflation economies often exhibit stop-go cycles of inflation, rather than smooth inflationary processes. This paper relates these stop-go episodes of inflation to a political cycle: the government can try to repress inflation until after the elections in order to increase the chances of being re-elected. This is modeled as a two-period game of incomplete information where voters try to pick the most competent government, and inflation (which signals a lack of competence) can be lowered by the government in the short run through foreign debt accumulation.