On the employment effects of productivity shocks: The role of inventories, demand elasticity, and sticky prices

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 328-343

  Chang, Yongsung ^a,b   Hornstein, Andreas ^c   Sarte, Pierre Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Inventory investment; Productivity; Sticky prices

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349214931     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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