Do central banks react to the stock market? The case of the Bundesbank

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 719-733

  Bohl, Martin T ^a   Siklos, Pierre L ^b   Werner, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deutsche Bundesbank; Identification; Monetary policy; Reaction function; Simultaneity; Stock prices

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847111152     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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