Monetary discretion, pricing complementarity, and dynamic multiple equilibria

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1513-1553

  King, Robert G ^a,b   Wolman, Alexander L ^b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^c National Bureau Economic Research   (United States)

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EID: 10644282021     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0033553042476170     Document Type: Article

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