Explaining inventories: A business cycle assessment of the stockout avoidance and (S,s) motives

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 638-664

  Khan, Aubhik ^a   Thomas, Julia K ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

(S,s) policies; Buffer stock motive; Inventory investment; Preference shocks; Technology shocks

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448932383     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: 14698056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1365100507060269     Document Type: Article

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