House prices, money, credit, and the macroeconomy

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 180-205

  Goodhart, Charles ^a   Hofmann, Boris ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collateral; Financial liberalization; House prices; Money and credit; Wealth effects

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; HOUSING FINANCE; HOUSING MARKET; MACROECONOMICS; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 47049109123     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grn009     Document Type: Article

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