Downward nominal wage rigidity: Evidence from the employment cost index

Advances in Macroeconomics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Lebow, David E ^a   Saks, Raven E ^b   Wilson, Beth Anne ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; Inflation; Nominal wage rigidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 5144226564     PISSN: 15346013     EISSN: 15346013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1534-6013.1117     Document Type: Article

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