Lifting the veil of secrecy from monetary policy: Evidence from the Fed's early discount rate policy

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages

  Thornton, Daniel L ^a  

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EID: 0039770556     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2601236     Document Type: Article

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