Monopolistic competition, increasing returns to scale, and the welfare costs of inflation

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 417-440

  Wu, Yangru ^a   Zhang, Junxi ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dynamic indeterminacy; E31; E32; E37; Monopolistic competition; Welfare costs of inflation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042415699     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(00)00036-2     Document Type: Article

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