Monetary policy committees and interest rate setting

European Economic Review

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 487-507

  Gerlach Kristen, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Committees; Uncertainty; Voting

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INTEREST RATE; MONETARY POLICY;

EID: 31544465902     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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