Turbulent firms, turbulent wages?

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-133

  Comin, Diego ^a,b   Groshen, Erica L ^c   Rabin, Bess ^c  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

COMPUSTAT; Firm volatility; PSID; Transitory wage volatility; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 59749088231     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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