Sluggish responses of prices and inflation to monetary shocks in an inventory model of money demand

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 911-967

  Alvarez, Fernando ^a   Atkeson, Andrew ^a   Edmond, Chris ^a  

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EID: 72449156721     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2009.124.3.911     Document Type: Article

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