The welfare cost of inflation revisited : the role of financial innovation and household heterogeneity / by Shutao Cao … [et al.]. : FB3-5/2018-40E-PDF
"This paper calculates the welfare cost of inflation by focusing on distortions and costs that inflation poses on households who use money for transactions to avoid alternative means of payment and on the losses inflicted on the holders of public debt arising from unexpected inflation. In doing so, we take into account of the role of financial innovation that reduces over time the dependence of households on money to make transactions. We find a sizable aggregate welfare cost of money holdings, but lower than those found in previous studies. The difference mainly comes from the incorporation of financial innovation in our studies. Across households, the old and middle-aged and the poor face higher costs from inflation much more than the young and the rich. Costs are expected to be lower for future generations due to financial innovation"--Non-technical summary.
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| Ministère/Organisme | Bank of Canada. |
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| Titre | The welfare cost of inflation revisited : the role of financial innovation and household heterogeneity / by Shutao Cao … [et al.]. |
| Titre de la série | Bank of Canada staff working paper, 1701-9397 ; 2018-40 |
| Type de publication | Série - Voir l'enregistrement principal |
| Langue | [Anglais] |
| Format | Électronique |
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| Note(s) | "August 2018." Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-42). Includes abstract in French. |
| Information sur la publication | [Ottawa] : Bank of Canada, 2018. |
| Auteur / Contributeur | Cao, Shutao. |
| Description | ii, 51 p. : col. charts. |
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| Descripteurs | Inflation Standard of living |
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