Identifying the mechanism: Is there a bank lending channel of monetary transmission in the Netherlands?

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 63-67

  Kakes, Jan ^a,b  

^a DE NEDERLANDSCHE BANK   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; FINANCIAL MARKET; LENDING BEHAVIOR;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0033953918     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135048500351825     Document Type: Article

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