Evidence on nominal wage rigidity from a panel of U.S. manufacturing industries

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 650-668

  Ghosal, Vivek ^a   Loungani, Prakash ^a  

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EID: 0039648481     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2078076     Document Type: Article

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