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to borrowers. In this study, we consider redistribution as a channel for aggregate and welfare effects of inflation. We … increase in savings. Even though inflation-induced redistribution has a persistent negative effect on output, it improves the …Episodes of unanticipated inflation reduce the real value of nominal claims and thus redistribute wealth from lenders …
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redistribution brought about by a moderate inflation episode. Redistribution takes the form of 'ends-against-the-middle': the middle … rules. We show that inflation-induced redistribution has a persistent negative effect on output, but improves the weighted …This paper provides a quantitative assessment of the effects of inflation through changes in the value of nominal …
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form a monetary union, the country with higher initial inflation will deffnitely experience an increase in its inequalities …. In the country with lower initial inflation, however, inequalities might go in either direction since the inflationary … effect of uniting its monetary policy with a high inflation country can dominate the reducing effect of vanished trade …
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This paper presents a political economy model of inflation as a result of social conflict. Agents are heterogeneous in … terms of income. Agents' income levels determine their ability to hedge against the effects of inflation. The interaction of … model makes a number of predictions concerning which environments are conducive to the emergence of inflation. Inflation …
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This paper presents a political economy model of inflation as a result of social conflict. Agents are heterogeneous in … terms of income. Agents’ income levels determine their ability to hedge against the effects of inflation. The interaction of … model makes a number of predictions concerning which environments are conducive to the emergence of inflation. Inflation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745045
to borrowers. In this study, we consider redistribution as a channel for aggregate and welfare effects of inflation. We … increase in savings. Even though inflation-induced redistribution has a persistent negative effect on output, it improves the …Episodes of unanticipated inflation reduce the real value of nominal claims and thus redistribute wealth from lenders …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005718366
inflation such as the U.S. and Canada. For example, in Canada, a systematic review of the current inflation targeting framework … effects of inflation. This omission is likely to be important since the welfare costs of inflation depend not only on … assessing the redistributional effects of inflation in Canada that arise through the revaluation of nominal assets and …
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, and Belgium and Malta being the largest losers. Governments are net winners of inflation, while the household (HH) sector … Spain turn out to be net winners of inflation. Considerable heterogeneity exists also within the HH sector: relatively young … middle class HHs are net winners of inflation, while older and richer HHs are losers. As a result, wealth inequality for the …
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, and Belgium and Malta being the largest losers. Governments are net winners of inflation, while the household (HH) sector …, while HHs in Finland and Spain turn out to be net winners of inflation. Considerable heterogeneity exists also within the HH … sector: relatively young middle class HHs are net winners of inflation, while older and richer HHs are losers. As a result …
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, and Belgium and Malta being the largest losers. Governments are net winners of inflation, while the household (HH) sector …, while HHs in Finland and Spain turn out to be net winners of inflation. Considerable heterogeneity exists also within the HH … sector: relatively young middle class HHs are net winners of inflation, while older and richer HHs are losers. As a result …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084690