Monetary policy and business cycles with endogenous entry and product variety

NBER Macroeconomics Annual

Volumn 22, Issue , 2007, Pages 299-354

  Bilbiie, Florin O ^a   Ghironi, Fabio ^b   Melitz, Marc J ^c  

^a HEC PARIS   (France)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 46749132296     PISSN: 08893365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1086/ma.22.25554968     Document Type: Article

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