The bank lending channel in the Netherlands: The impact of monetary policy on households and firms

Economist

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-51

  Garretsen, Harry ^a   Swank, Job ^b,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Monetary and Economic Policy Department   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; INTEREST RATE; LENDING BEHAVIOR; MONETARY POLICY;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0038034235     PISSN: 0013063X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022984614506     Document Type: Article

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