Inflation dynamics and the cost channel of monetary transmission

European Economic Review

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 995-1016

  Chowdhury, Ibrahim ^a   Hoffmann, Mathias ^a   Schabert, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Commodity prices; Financial market imperfections; New Keynesian Phillips curve; Price puzzle; Working capital

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; INFLATION; INTEREST RATE; KEYNESIAN THEORY; MACROECONOMICS; MONETARY POLICY; SIMULATION;

EID: 33646189673     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2005.01.007     Document Type: Article

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