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Journal of Economic Theory and Econometrics
JETEM/계량경제학보/計量經濟學報/JKES
Journal of the Korean Econometric Society

Composition of Portfolio and Cost of Inflation

Vol.25, No.4, December , 1–21



  •   (Department of Economics, Korea University)

  •   (Payment and Settlement Systems Department, Bank of Korea)

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Abstract  

The welfare cost of inflation is explored via a search-theoretic model in which along with non-interest-bearing cash, interest-bearing liquid and illiquid assets are available. With inflation, agents are willing to replace higher-return illiquid assets with lower-return liquid assets for consumption purchases. The opportunity cost incurred by this adjustment turns out to have quantitatively significant implications on the cost of inflation. A parameterized version of the model suggests that the cost of 10% inflation with liquid and illiquid interest-bearing assets is almost 3 times larger than that in a cash-only model. This implies that most existing measures of inflation cost with narrow money are substantially underestimated.


Keywords
   cash, narrow money, broad money, portfolio shift, inflation cost

JEL classification codes
   E31, E40, E50
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