This paper explores a pricing algorithm which behaves as a Walrasian auctioneer under the following constraints: [i] traders arrive randomly and each sales/purchase order should be carried out at the currently posted price (sequential service), [ii] the auctioneer need not know the exact...

This paper describes a method of estimating the welfare effects of a set of price changes, using money measures of welfare change such as compensating and equivalent variations, and the associated concept of "equivalent income".

This paper juxtaposes the policy trend towards price stability with the theoretical optimal quantity of money. After reviewing alternatives to the Friedman (1969) optimum, it focuses on the effect of costly nominal adjustment as a result of inflation.