IMF Staff papers : Volume 38 No. 4.

The welfare effects of mitigating the costs of inflation are examined. In a model where money reduces transactions costs, a fall in inflation costs is equivalent to financial innovation. This can be caused by paying interest on deposits, indexing money, or 'dollarizing.' Results indicate t...

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Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund. Research Dept
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1991.
Series:IMF Staff Papers; IMF Staff Papers ; No. 1991/003
Online Access:Full text available on IMF