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- change 'steady state rate' to 'steady-state rate' for consistency
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Equality between those demands and supply gives a *dynamic* model in which money supply
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and price level *sequences* are simultaneously determined by a set of simultaneous linear equations.
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These equations take the form of what are often called vector linear **difference equations**.
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These equations take the form of what is often called vector linear **difference equations**.
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In this lecture, we'll roll up our sleeves and solve those equations in two different ways.
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* perverse dynamics under rational expectations in which the system converges to the higher stationary inflation tax rate
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* a peculiar comparative stationary-state outcome connected with that stationary inflation rate: it asserts that inflation can be *reduced* by running *higher* government deficits, i.e., by raising more resources by printing money.
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The same qualitive outcomes prevail in this lecture {doc}`money_inflation_nonlinear` that studies a nonlinear version of the model in this lecture.
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The same qualitative outcomes prevail in this lecture {doc}`money_inflation_nonlinear` that studies a nonlinear version of the model in this lecture.
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These outcomes set the stage for the analysis to be presented in this lecture {doc}`laffer_adaptive` that studies a nonlinear version of the present model; it assumes a version of "adaptive expectations" instead of rational expectations.
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That lecture will show that
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* replacing rational expectations with adaptive expectations leaves the two stationary inflation rates unchanged, but that $\ldots$
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* it reverse the pervese dynamics by making the *lower* stationary inflation rate the one to which the system typically converges
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* it reverses the perverse dynamics by making the *lower* stationary inflation rate the one to which the system typically converges
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* a more plausible comparative dynamic outcome emerges in which now inflation can be *reduced* by running *lower* government deficits
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This outcome will be used to justify a selection of a stationary inflation rate that underlies the analysis of unpleasant monetarist arithmetic to be studies in this lecture {doc}`unpleasant`.
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This outcome will be used to justify a selection of a stationary inflation rate that underlies the analysis of unpleasant monetarist arithmetic to be studied in this lecture {doc}`unpleasant`.
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We'll use theses tools from linear algebra:
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We'll use these tools from linear algebra:
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* matrix multiplication
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* matrix inversion
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print(f'R_l, g_l = {msm.R_l:.4f}, {g2:.4f}')
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Now let's compute the maximum steady-state amount of seigniorage that could be gathered by printing money and the statestate rate of return on money that attains it.
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Now let's compute the maximum steady-state amount of seigniorage that could be gathered by printing money and the state-state rate of return on money that attains it.
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## Two computation strategies
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```{note}
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The same qualitive outcomes prevail in this lecture {doc}`money_inflation_nonlinear` that studies a nonlinear version of the model in this lecture.
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The same qualitative outcomes prevail in this lecture {doc}`money_inflation_nonlinear` that studies a nonlinear version of the model in this lecture.
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