Financial sophistication and the distribution of the welfare cost of inflation

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 968-978

  Boel, Paola ^a   Camera, Gabriele ^b  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Friedman rule; Heterogeneity; Money; Trade frictions

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350620956     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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