Frictional wage dispersion in search models: A quantitative assessment

American Economic Review

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2873-2898

  Hornstein, Andreas ^a   Krusell, Per ^b   Violante, Giovanni L ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 83755224692     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.101.7.2873     Document Type: Article

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