On the Welfare Cost of Inflation: The Case of Pakistan

On the Welfare Cost of Inflation: The Case of Pakistan

In this paper, we quantify welfare costs of inflation for Pakistan for the period 1960-2007 using semi-log and double-log money demand functions. We find that the welfare gain of moving from positive inflation to zero inflation is approximately the same under both money demand specifications but the...

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