Markup cycles, dynamic misallocation, and amplification

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 154, Issue , 2014, Pages 126-161

  Opp, Marcus M ^a   Parlour, Christine A ^a   Walden, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocative efficiency; DSGE models; Dynamic games; Markup cycles; Oligopolistic competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922963894     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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