Nominal wage rigidity and industry characteristics in the downturns of 1893, 1929, and 1981

American Economic Review

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1432-1446

  Hanes, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1257/aer.90.5.1432     Document Type: Article

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