The risky spread, investment, and monetary policy transmission: Evidence on the role of asymmetric information

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 375-383

  Ng, Serena ^a   Schaller, Huntley ^a  

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EID: 0030318840     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2109784     Document Type: Article

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