Does money illusion matter?

American Economic Review

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1239-1262

  Fehr, Ernst ^a   Tyran, Jean Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0040479651     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.5.1239     Document Type: Article

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