Optimal inflation tax under precommitment: theory and evidence.

The restrictions implied by an intertemporal optimizing model on the time path of the inflation tax were derived and tested. Unlike previous research on inflation-tax smoothing, the welfare loss from inflation, the money demand function, and the time path of the rate of inflation were jointly deriv...

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Publicado en:American Economic Review Vol. 82; pp. 179 - 195
Autores principales: Calvo, Guillermo A., Leiderman, Leonardo
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: American Economic Association March 1992
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