Is there a cost channel of monetary policy transmission? An investigation into the pricing behavior of 2,000 firms

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2013-2037

  Gaiotti, Eugenio ^a   Secchi, Alessandro ^a  

^a Research Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cost channel; Monetary transmission; Working capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845728157     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mcb.2007.0002     Document Type: Review

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