Dynamic pricing and imperfect common knowledge

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 365-382

  Nimark, Kristoffer ^a  

^a RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dynamic price setting; Idiosyncratic marginal cost; Inflation inertia; Private information; Sticky prices

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449103181     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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