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Seigniorage as a tax: a quantitative evaluation

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  • Ayse Imrohoroglu
  • Edward C. Prescott

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In this paper we analyze the efficacy of seignorage as a tax associated with various monetary arrangements in a computable general equilibrium model. For the economies examined, we find that seignorage tax is not a good one relative to a tax on labor income. If the after-tax real return is ?5 percent, as it was in the 1974?1978 period, welfare is approximately 0.5 percent of consumption lower than it would be if the after-tax return were zero.
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  • Ayse Imrohoroglu & Edward C. Prescott, 1991. "Seigniorage as a tax: a quantitative evaluation," Proceedings, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, pages 462-482.
  • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedcpr:y:1991:p:462-482
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