Some evidence on the adjustment of producer prices

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 489-518

  Cornille, David ^a   Dossche, Maarten ^a  

^a NATIONAL BANK OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Price adjustment; Producer prices

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DATA SET; HETEROGENEITY; INFLATION; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 52649112157     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2008.00548.x     Document Type: Article

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