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High inflation: resource misallocations and growth effects

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Mariano Tommasi

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High inflation disrupts the organization of markets. This paper relates those “Industrial Organization” effects of inflation to the poor growth performance of high-inflation economies, in the context of a Schumpeterian growth model.

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Article provided by University of Chile, Department of Economics in its journal Estudios de Economia.

Volume (Year): 23 (1996)
Issue (Month): 2 Year 1996 (December)
Pages: 157-177
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Keywords: Inflation; resource misallocations; growth.;

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  1. Jose De Gregorio & Federico Sturzenegger, 1994. "Credit Markets and the Welfare Costs of Inflation," NBER Working Papers 4873, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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