Bank loan portfolios and the monetary transmission mechanism

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 904-924

  den Haan, Wouter J ^a,b   Sumner, Steven W ^c   Yamashiro, Guy M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank capital regulation; Hedging; Interest rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247124088     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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