Macroeconomic fluctuations and bank lending: Evidence for Germany and the Euro area

German Economic Review

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-223

  Eickmeier, Sandra ^a   Hofmann, Boris ^b   Worms, Andreas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^c DEUTSCHE BUNDESBANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bank lending; Business cycle fluctuations; Sign restrictions; SVAR model

Indexed keywords

BANKING; BUSINESS CYCLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LENDING BEHAVIOR; MACROECONOMICS; MONETARY POLICY; NUMERICAL MODEL; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 65449190179     PISSN: 14656485     EISSN: 14680475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0475.2008.00455.x     Document Type: Article

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