Asymmetric price adjustment in the small

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 728-737

  Levy, Daniel ^a,e   Ray, Sourav ^c   Bergen, Mark ^d  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Allan)   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymmetric price adjustment; Inflation; Monetary policy; Price rigidity; Rational inattention

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749087371     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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