Financial intermediation and aggregate fluctuations: A quantitative analysis

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 423-447

  Cooper, Russell ^a   Ejarque, João ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aggregate fluctuations; Credit shocks; Financial intermediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034554004     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1365100500017016     Document Type: Article

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