Capital-Market Imperfections and Countercyclical Markups: Theory and Evidence

American Economic Review

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 703-725

  Chevalier, Judith A ^a   Scharfstein, David S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; COUNTERCYCLICAL MARKUPS; MARKET IMPERFECTION; PRICE MARKUP; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0030318587     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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