On the welfare cost of inflation and the recent behavior of money demand

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1040-1052

  Ireland, Peter N ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 73649108614     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.3.1040     Document Type: Article

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