The effect of inflation and real wages on productivity: New evidence from a panel of G7 countries

Applied Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1285-1291

  Narayan, Paresh ^a   Smyth, Russell ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; INFLATION; PANEL DATA; PRODUCTIVITY; WAGE;

EID: 67650760359     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840701537810     Document Type: Article

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