Measuring the cyclicality of real wages: How important is the firm's point of view?

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 362-377

  Swanson, Eric T ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

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EID: 1842481406     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465304323023877     Document Type: Review

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