Is the Friedman rule optimal when money is an intermediate good?

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 223-244

  Correia, Isabel ^a   Teles, Pedro ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Friedman rule; Inflation tax; Intermediate good; Transactions technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030268425     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(96)01276-7     Document Type: Article

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