Sticky-price models of the business cycle: Specification and stability

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-18

  Ireland, Peter N ^a,b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

E31; E32; E52; Parameter stability; Sticky inflation; Sticky prices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002874054     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(00)00047-7     Document Type: Article

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