Are UK companies' prices sticky?

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 425-446

  Hall, Simon ^a   Walsh, Mark ^a   Yates, Anthony ^a  

^a BANK OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MARKET CONDITIONS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRICE DYNAMICS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033927602     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/52.3.425     Document Type: Article

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