Production chains and general equilibrium aggregate dynamics

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 437-462

  Huang, Kevin X D ^a   Liu, Zheng ^b,c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CREFE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Monetary policy; Persistence; Production chains; Staggered price contracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009170118     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(01)00078-2     Document Type: Article

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