Lending cycles

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 89-128

  Asea, Patrick K ^a   Blomberg, Brock ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Credit rationing; Lending standards; Markov switching model; Panel data; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042027259     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(97)00066-3     Document Type: Article

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