Optimality of the Friedman rule in economies with distorting taxes

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 203-223

  Chari, V V ^a   Christiano, Lawrence J ^b   Kehoe, Patrick J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflation tax; Optimal monetary policy; Ramsey policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030119293     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(96)90034-3     Document Type: Article

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