Income dispersion and counter-cyclical markups

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 791-804

  Edmond, Chris ^a,b   Veldkamp, Laura ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Income dispersion; Markups

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349099569     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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