Imperfect common knowledge and the information value of prices

Economic Theory

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 213-241

  Amato, Jeffery D ^a   Shin, Hyun Song ^b  

^a BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS   (Switzerland)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common knowledge; Differential information; Price inertia

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444399006     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-004-0587-0     Document Type: Article

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