Is inflation sticky?

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-196

  Roberts, John M ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflation; New keynesian economics; Price rigidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031184830     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(97)00017-2     Document Type: Article

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