The frequency and costs of individual price adjustment

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 531-552

  Wolman, Alexander L ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND   (United States)

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EID: 34748909084     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1329     Document Type: Article

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