“…2 Therefore, recent analytical studies abandon Cagan's money demand function and consider optimizing monetary models. GUTIERREZ AND VAZQUEZ [2004], henceforth called GV, follow this approach with the aim of characterizing agents' preferences compatibly with explosive hyperinflation "where an economy is just in a high-inflation scenario, there is perfect foresight, money demand depends only on inflation, and money is essential" (p. 314).…”