The euro changeover and its effects on price transparency and inflation

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-129

  Dziuda, Wioletta ^a   Mastrobuoni, Giovanni ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Collegio Carlo Alberto and CeRP ^*

Author keywords

Currency changeover; Euro; Imperfect information; Price setting; Search costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849109976     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2008.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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