Inflation and efficiency in a search economy

International Economic Review

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 205-222

  Fershtman, Chaim ^b   Fishman, Arthur ^b   Simhon, Avi ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NONE

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EID: 0037297010     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2354.t01-1-00067     Document Type: Article

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