Rebalancing Frequency and the Welfare Cost of Inflation

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Journal: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
Year: 2012
Volume: 4
Issue: 2
Pages: 153-83

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Abstract

Cash-in-advance models usually require agents to reallocate money and bonds in fixed periods. Every month or quarter, for example. I show that fixed periods underestimate the welfare cost of inflation. I use a model in which agents choose how often they exchange bonds for money. In the benchmark specification, the welfare cost of 10 percent instead of 0 inflation increases from 0.1 percent of income

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RePEc Handle
repec:aea:aejmac:v:4:y:2012:i:2:p:153-83
Journal Field
Macro
Author Count
1
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2026-01-29