Banks' reserve management, transaction costs, and the timing of Federal Reserve intervention

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1287-1317

  Bartolini, Leonardo ^a   Bertola, Giuseppe ^b,c,d   Prati, Alessandro ^e  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^e INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

E52; G21; Interest rate smoothing; Reserve requirements; Value of waiting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042202847     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(00)00130-8     Document Type: Article

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