Investment and monetary policy in the euro area

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2111-2129

  Mojon, Benoît ^a   Smets, Frank ^a   Vermeulen, Philip ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Euro area; Firms' investment; Monetary policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036838216     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(02)00202-9     Document Type: Article

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