This paper provides tests of an econometric model of the demand for UK M0. The existence of a long-run cointegrating relationship between M0 and key economic variables is established and a plausible dynamic error-correction model is estimated. A model that passes standard specification tests is...

It has recently been suggested by Robert Lucas that "shoe-leather" costs of inflation may amount to as much as 1% of GNP in the United States. This paper assesses the U.K. evidence for the period 1970-1994. Similar estimates to those of Lucas are found using his original specification, but a...