Relative prices and investment rates

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 93-121

  Restuccia, Diego ^a   Urrutia, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capital accumulation; Distortions; E13; E22; Investment; O11; Relative prices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041692618     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(00)00049-0     Document Type: Article

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