Mario Henrique Simonsen

Abstract

THE AUTHOR starts the article by presenting a short a review of the Brazilian literature concerning the academic contributions of Mario Henrique Simonsen. In a subsequent step, four points not included in the works surveyed are detailed. Particularly, his last contribution, related to the welfare costs of inflation, which lead to an article published in February of 2001, five years after his death, in the prestigious Journal of Money Credit and Banking.