Money, price dispersion and welfare

Economic Theory

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 907-932

  Peterson, Brian ^a   Shi, Shouyong ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Inflation; Price dispersion; Search

Indexed keywords

EID: 7544238787     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-003-0465-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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