Imperfect competition and indeterminacy of aggregate output

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 519-540

  Wang, Pengfei ^a   Wen, Yi ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost push shocks; Counter cyclical markup; Global sunspots; Hump shaped impulse responses; Indeterminacy; Marginal costs; Procyclical productivity; Self fulfilling expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549141506     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2007.01.021     Document Type: Article

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