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Estimates of the welfare costs of inflation based on Bailey (1956) are typically computed using aggregate money demand … Great Inflation to the present regime of low and stable inflation. For this purpose, we estimate different functional … the benefits were significant for both sectors. - Welfare cost of inflation ; flow of funds data ; demand for money …
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Estimates of the welfare costs of inflation based on Bailey (1956) are typically computed using aggregate money demand … models. Yet, the behavior of money demand may vary across sectors. Thus, the impact on welfare of inflation regime shifts may … Great Inflation to the present regime of low and stable inflation. For this purpose, we estimate different functional …
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Empirical studies of the "shoe-leather" costs of inflation are typically computed using M1 as a measure of money. Yet … minimized for a positive but moderate value of the inflation rate, thereby justifying a deviation from the Friedman rule in … favour of the Fed's current policy. - Welfare costs of inflation ; flow of funds data ; US currency abroad …
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Empirical studies of the shoe-leather costs of inflation are typically computed using M1 as a measure of money. Yet … moderate value of the inflation rate, thereby justifying a deviation from the Friedman rule in favor of the Fed's current …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013037484
Empirical studies of the "shoe-leather" costs of inflation are typically computed using M1 as a measure of money. Yet … minimized for a positive but moderate value of the inflation rate, thereby justifying a deviation from the Friedman rule in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127698
Estimates of the welfare costs of inflation based on Bailey's (1956) methodology are typically computed on the basis of … welfare of changes in the inflation regime may differ between households and firms. We specifically investigate the sectoral … welfare implications of the shift from the Great Inflation to the present regime of low and stable inflation. In order to do …
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We study how within-store price variation changes with inflation, and whether households exploit it to attenuate the … inflation burden. We use micro price data for food products sold by 91 large multi-channel retailers in ten countries between … discounts grew at a much lower average rate than regular prices, helping to mitigate the inflation burden. By contrast …
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inflation channels, that is, liquidity fuels housing market developments. …
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The paper studies a fiscal policy instrument that can reduce fiscal distortions, without affecting revenues, in a …
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We measure consumers’ use of cash by harmonizing payment diary surveys from seven countries: Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States (conducted 2009 through 2012). Our paper finds important cross-country differences, for example, the level of cash...
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