This paper reviews theory and evidence of the welfare effects of inflation from a costbenefit perspective. Basic models … and selected empirical results are discussed. Historically, in assessing the welfare effects of inflation, the distortion … of money demand played a prominent role. More recently, interactions of inflation and taxation came into focus. Growth …

This paper reviews theory and evidence of the welfare effects of inflation from a costbenefit perspective. Basic models … and selected empirical results are discussed. Historically, in assessing the welfare effects of inflation, the distortion … of money demand played a prominent role. More recently, interactions of inflation and taxation came into focus. Growth …

unemployment. Our model succeeds in replicating the empirical fact of a downward sloping Phillips curve for low inflation rates and … an upward sloping curve for high inflation rates. The reason is that low inflation rates make saving, as opposed to …, when inflation exceeds a certain threshold, money is too costly to hold, which results in a decrease in output and an …

determine when and if a seigniorage-maximizing inflation rate occurred and this way provide a rational on the development of … that the seigniorage-maximizing rate of inflation of the Venezuelan economy occurred around the first quarter of 2016 at a … monthly inflation rate of approximately 13 percent. The implications of this are that when facing the choice of maximizing …

A low-inflation mystery emerged during the 2010-2019 period as the Federal Reserve struggled to hit its two percent … inflation target. This paper presents theoretical results and empirical evidence that points to the safe asset shortage as a key … reason for the low inflation during this time. Specifically, the paper shows that the safe asset shortage was part of a …

non-diversifiable risks given that the central bank successfully stabilizes the rate of inflation at a low level. Assuming …

unemployment. Our model succeeds in replicating the empirical fact of a downward sloping Phillips curve for low inflation rates and … an upward sloping curve for high inflation rates. The reason is that low inflation rates make saving, as opposed to …, when inflation exceeds a certain threshold, money is too costly to hold, which results in a decrease in output and an …