Optimal inflation tax and structural reform

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 333-362

  Cavalcanti, Tiago V De V ^a   Villamil, Anne P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Currency Substitution; Friedman Rule; Incomplete Taxes; Inflation; Informal Sector; Ramsey Policy; Underground Economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042730002     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1365100502020096     Document Type: Review

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