Do central banks act asymmetrically? Empirical evidence from the ECB and the bank of England

Applied Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 507-519

  Altavilla, Carlo ^a   Landolfo, Luigi ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BANK; FINANCIAL SYSTEM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 16244405534     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684042000307072     Document Type: Article

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