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The Welfare Effects of Inflation, The Consequences of Price Instability on Search Markets

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  • Mariano Tommasi, 1992. "The Welfare Effects of Inflation, The Consequences of Price Instability on Search Markets," UCLA Economics Working Papers 655, UCLA Department of Economics.
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