Price dynamics, retail chains and inflation measurement

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-55

  Nakamura, Alice O ^a   Nakamura, Emi ^b   Nakamura, Leonard I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CPI; Inflation measurement; Menu costs; Price indexes; Price rigidity

Indexed keywords

CPI; INFLATION MEASUREMENT; MENU COSTS; PRICE INDEXES; PRICE RIGIDITY;

DYNAMICS; ECONOMICS; RIGIDITY; SCANNING;

COSTS;

EID: 79952376403     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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