The market reaction to federal reserve policy action from 1989 to 1992

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-168

  Reinhart, Vincent ^a,c   Simin, Timothy ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Division of Monetary Affairs Federal Reserve Board   (United States)

Author keywords

Event study; Federal reserve

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011762370     PISSN: 00129933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0148-6195(96)00077-x     Document Type: Article

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