Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/78074 
Year of Publication: 
1999
Series/Report no.: 
CFS Working Paper No. 1999/08
Publisher: 
Goethe University Frankfurt, Center for Financial Studies (CFS), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
This paper analyses two reasons why inflation may interfere with price adjustment so as to create inefficiencies in resource allocation at low rates of inflation. The first argument is that the higher the rate of inflation the lower the likelihood that downward nominal rigidities are binding (the Tobin argument) which implies a non-linear Phillips-curve. The second argument is that low inflation strengthens nominal price rigidities and thus impairs the flexibility of the price system resulting in a less efficient resource allocation. It is argued that inflation can be too low from a welfare point of view due to the presence of nominal rigidities, but the quantitative importance is an open question. Klassifikation:
Subjects: 
nominal rigidities
allocative efficiency
optimal rate of inflation
JEL: 
E20
E30
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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