Inflation and the HouseholdTowards a Measurement of the Welfare Costs of Inflation
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- Steven F. Koch & Adel Bosch, 2009. "Inflation and the Household: Towards a Measurement of the Welfare Costs of Inflation," Working Papers 200917, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics.
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- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
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