Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5060784 Economics Letters 2011 4 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Bailey's welfare measure may be obtained as an exact general-equilibrium measure of the welfare costs of inflation. ► In economies with several monies Bailey's measure has to be adapted to an n-dimensional Divisia-index context. ► The Bailey-Divisia integral may also emerge as an exact general-equilibrium measure, provided preferences are quasilinear.
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