Testing wage and price phillips curves for the united states

Metroeconomica

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 550-581

  Flaschel, Peter ^a   Kauermann, Göran ^a   Semmler, Willi ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 34250837395     PISSN: 00261386     EISSN: 1467999X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-999X.2007.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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