A Quantitative Comparison of Sticky-Price and Sticky-Information Models of Price Setting
β Scribed by MICHAEL T. KILEY
- Book ID
- 109146803
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 132 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-2879
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