Is there any asymmetry in the effect of inflation on relative price variability?

Economics Letters

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-236

  Choi, Chi Young ^a   Kim, Young Se ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Inflation; Relative price variability (RPV); U shape

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954029302     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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