Firm dynamics and markup variations: Implications for sunspot equilibria and endogenous economic fluctuations

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 300-325

  Jaimovich, Nir ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycle; Firm dynamics; Markup; Sunspots; TFP

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048954529     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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