Monetary transmission in Germany: Lessons for the Euro area

Empirical Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 383-414

  Hubrich, Kirstin ^a   Vlaar, Peter ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^b DE NEDERLANDSCHE BANK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Generalised common trends model; Germany; Monetary transmission

Indexed keywords

ERROR CORRECTION; FINANCIAL MARKET; INFLATION; INTEREST RATE; MONETARY POLICY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 2942605732     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-003-0174-4     Document Type: Article

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