Inflation and growth in the long run: A new Keynesian theory and further semiparametric evidence

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 94-132

  Vaona, Andrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Growth; Inflation; Learning by Doing; Semiparametric Estimator; Wage Staggering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857062765     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: 14698056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1365100510000453     Document Type: Article

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