The Welfare Cost of Inflation in China
ABSTRACT We study the money demand in China to quantify the welfare cost of inflation by considering different approaches to model the money demand function. The preferred money demand function, based on neoclassical demand theory, indicates that if the central bank of China follows the standard inflation target of 2%, the welfare cost would be equivalent to a loss of 0.0603% of GDP. Furthermore, compared to estimates in the literature, the welfare cost of inflation in China is relatively small at all different inflation levels.
Authors
- Zeng Lian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9423-7743)
- Libo Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6813-8807)
- Xinyue Li
- Lixin Luo
Institutions
- Beijing Foreign Studies University (CN)
- Lakehead University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Bulletin of Economic Research
- Published
- 2025-12-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/boer.70034
- Primary Topic
- Economic theories and models
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
- Beijing Foreign Studies University
- National Social Science Fund of China