The Macroeconomics of Specificity

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 724-767

  Caballero, Ricardo J ^a   Hammour, Mohamad L ^a  

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EID: 0001301087     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/250028     Document Type: Article

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