The Great Depression and the Friedman-Schwartz hypothesis

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 35, Issue 6 II, 2003, Pages 1119-1197

  Christiano, Lawrence ^a   Motto, Roberto ^b   Rostagno, Massimo ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

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EID: 3142686236     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mcb.2004.0023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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