Identifying the interdependence between US monetary policy and the stock market

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 275-282

  Bjørnland, Hilde C ^a,b   Leitemo, Kai ^a,c  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b NORGES BANK   (Norway)

^c BANK OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asset prices; Identification; Monetary policy; VAR

Indexed keywords

EID: 61649104318     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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