Imperfect information and aggregate supply

Handbook of Monetary Economics

Volumn 3, Issue C, 2010, Pages 183-229

  Mankiw, N Gregory ^a,b   Reis, Ricardo ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Inattention; Monetary Policy; Phillips Curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650238074     PISSN: 15734498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53238-1.00005-3     Document Type: Book

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