Pricing-to-market and the failure of absolute PPP

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-127

  Alessandria, George ^a   Kaboski, Joseph P ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 79958175931     PISSN: 19457707     EISSN: 19457715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mac.3.1.91     Document Type: Article

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