What explains the stock market's reaction to federal reserve policy?

Journal of Finance

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1221-1257

  Bernanke, Ben S ^a   Kuttner, Kenneth N ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 14944344261     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2005.00760.x     Document Type: Article

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