Can more frequent price changes lead to price inertia? Nonneutralities in a state-dependent pricing context

International Economic Review

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 893-914

  Conlon, John R ^a   Liu, Christina Y ^a  

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EID: 0347072711     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2527221     Document Type: Article

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