Inflation and the informativeness of prices

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-196

  Ball, Laurence ^b   Romer, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0037386591     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mcb.2003.0008     Document Type: Article

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