Why does the monetary policy committee smooth interest rates?

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 467-493

  Cobham, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL MARKET; INTEREST RATE; MONETARY POLICY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0043132216     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/55.3.467     Document Type: Article

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