A theory of demand shocks

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2050-2084

  Lorenzoni, Guido ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 70149088411     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.5.2050     Document Type: Article

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