Relative Goods' Prices, Pure Inflation, and The Phillips Correlation

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 128-157

  Reis, Ricardo ^a   Watson, Mark W ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85017188178     PISSN: 19457707     EISSN: 19457715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mac.2.3.128     Document Type: Article

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