The external finance premium and the macroeconomy: US post-WWII evidence

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3415-3440

  De Graeve, Ferre ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; DSGE; External finance premium; Financial frictions

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949114179     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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