Macroeconomic cycles and the stock market's reaction to monetary policy

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2606-2616

  Basistha, Arabinda ^a   Kurov, Alexander ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycle; Credit channel; Monetary policy; Stock market

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149087032     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2008.05.012     Document Type: Article

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