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El costo de la inflación (con racionalidad y previsión perfectas)

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  • Carlos Esteban Posada P.

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El interés oficial por disminuir paulatina pero sustancialmente la inflación en Colombia se ha hecho evidente a partir de 1991, experiencia que se había repetido en muchos países de la mano con el surgimiento de hipótesis y hallazgos de los economistas referidos a los costos de la inflación o de las políticas que la promueven. Han sido muchas las razones esgrimidas por los economistas para considerar que la inflación tiene un significativo costo social en términos de bienestar o crecimiento económico perdidos. Este documento no pretende ofrecer un nuevo aporte a la serie de estas razones, el objetivo es más modesto; consiste en evaluar, de nuevo, el costo social de la menos dañina de todas las inflaciones: aquella perfectamente prevista por una sociedad de agentes racionales.

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  • Carlos Esteban Posada P., 2004. "El costo de la inflación (con racionalidad y previsión perfectas)," Macroeconomics 0411013, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    3. Martha López, 2006. "Algunos criterios para evaluar una meta de inflación de largo plazo," Borradores de Economia 386, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.

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    Inflación; costos de la inflación; política monetaria; previsión perfecta;
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