Inattentive producers

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 793-821

  Reis, Richard ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 33745865139     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2006.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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