The Savings-Inflation Puzzle

Burkhard Heer and Bernd Süssmuth

No 1645, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: We find that inflation did not unanimously decrease savings in the US during the postwar period. This result is puzzling as it contradicts the implications of most monetary general equilibrium models.

Keywords: inflation; savings; nominal interest taxation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E21 E65 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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