Monetary policy and bank lending: Evidence from German banking groups

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2077-2092

  Kakes, Jan ^a   Sturm, Jan Egbert ^b  

^a Monetary and Economic Policy Department   (Netherlands)

^b IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bank lending; Monetary policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036838215     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(02)00200-5     Document Type: Article

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