The frequency and size of price adjustment: Microeconomic evidence

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 751-762

  Rátfai, Attila ^a  

^a CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

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EID: 35748982657     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1381     Document Type: Review

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