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Cost of Inflation in Inventory Theoretical Models

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  • Fernando Alvarez

    (University of Chicago)

  • Francesco Lippi

    (Istituto Einaudi)

  • Roberto Robatto

    (University of Wisconsin)

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We show that the area under the long-run demand curve for money approximates the welfare cost of inflation for a large class of inventory theoretical models of money demand. The class of inventory models considered has a general stochastic structure of the net cash expenditures, as well as of the fixed/variable cost of withdrawing and depositing money. Thus, our framework nests a large number of models that have been studied in the literature. The results complement those obtained by Lucas (2000) for money-in-the-utility function and for shopping-time models. (Copyright: Elsevier)

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  • Fernando Alvarez & Francesco Lippi & Roberto Robatto, 2019. "Cost of Inflation in Inventory Theoretical Models," Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics, vol. 32, pages 206-226, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:red:issued:18-233
    DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2018.11.001
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    • E41 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Demand for Money
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy

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