Price setting during low and high inflation: Evidence from Mexico

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1221-1263

  Gagnon, Etienne ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

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EID: 72049108545     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2009.124.3.1221     Document Type: Article

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