Simonsen, Mario Henrique; Cysne, Rubens Penha - In: Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 33 (2001) 1, pp. 90-100
This note extends the Lucas' analysis of the welfare cost of inflation to an economy with interest-bearing deposits. Lower and upper bounds to Lucas' measure of the welfare cost of inflation are also provided. The upper bound is shown to lie between Lucas' measure of the welfare cost of...
