Learning from prices: Public communication and welfare

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 866-907

  Amador, Manuel ^a   Weill, Pierre Olivier ^b  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION; MACROECONOMICS; MODELING; PRODUCTIVITY; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 79951712828     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657923     Document Type: Article

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