The effect of low-wage import competition on U.S. inflationary pressure

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 491-503

  Auer, Raphael ^a,b   Fischer, Andreas M ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWISS NATIONAL BANK   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Comparative advantage; Globalization; Low wage country import competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952672358     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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