Alternative reconsideration of output growth differential for West African Monetary Zone
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چکیده
ing from Eq. 7, Corsetti (2008) characterized the natural rate of employment (output) if all prices were flexible (i.e. in the absence of nominal rigidities) by assuming that each firm would maximize current profit by charging the equilibrium markup over current marginal costs:
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