Is firm pricing state or time dependent? Evidence from U.S. manufacturing

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 643-656

  Midrigan, Virgiliu ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77955124041     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00016     Document Type: Article

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