Specific factors meet intermediate inputs: Implications for the persistence problem

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 483-507

  Huang, Kevin X D ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intermediate inputs; Monetary shocks; Persistence; Specific factors; Staggered price setting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745511700     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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