Cross-country differences in monetary policy execution and money market rates' volatility

European Economic Review

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 349-376

  Bartolini, Leonardo ^a   Prati, Alessandro ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Central bank procedures; Interbank market; Interest rate volatility

Indexed keywords

BANKING; EXCHANGE RATE; INTEREST RATE; MONETARY POLICY;

EID: 31544437145     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2004.09.015     Document Type: Article

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