Sticky prices and monetary policy: evidence from disaggregated US data

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 350-384

  Boivin, Jean ^a   Giannoni, Marc P ^b   Mihov, Ilian ^c  

^a CIRANO   (Canada)

^b The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^c INSEAD   (Singapore)

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EID: 70149119009     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.1.350     Document Type: Article

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