Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5062586 | Economics Letters | 2007 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
We investigate whether higher confidence of fiat money is desirable from the viewpoint of dynamic resource allocation. Using a simple overlapping generations model, we demonstrate that higher confidence of fiat money depresses economic growth and harms the welfare of future generations born sufficiently later.
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Authors
Jumpei Tanaka,