Leaning into the wind: A structural VAR investigation of UK monetary policy

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 597-621

  Mountford, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 23944462771     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2005.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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