Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/100878 
Year of Publication: 
1997
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 97-15
Publisher: 
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Abstract: 
This paper applies new computational methods for studying nonstationary dynamics to reevaluate the welfare cost of inflation. A dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model with heterogeneous agents is studied. Incomplete markets induce agents to hold a fiat currency as insurance against idiosyncratic income fluctuations. Rather than comparing steady state equilibria, I measure the welfare cost of inflation by explicitly modeling the transitional dynamics that arise following a change in monetary policy. Transitional dynamics are shown to increase the welfare cost of inflation substantially. Also, contrary to conventional wisdom, transitional dynamic effects are shown to increase the benefits of reducing the inflation rate.
Subjects: 
Econometric models
Inflation (Finance)
Monetary policy
Money
Welfare
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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