Rethinking the welfare cost of inflation
Ben Craig and
Guillaume Rocheteau
Economic Commentary, 2005, issue Mar
Abstract:
New models of monetary economies, developed in the last 15 years, suggest that traditional measures of the welfare cost of inflation may underestimate the true loss that inflation inflicts on society. According to these models, the cost of 10 percent inflation ranges from 1 to 5 percent of real income.
Keywords: Inflation; (Finance) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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