Monetary policy and European unemployment

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-108

  Schettkat, Ronald ^a   Sun, Rongrong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central banks and their policies; Employment; Monetary policy; Production; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BANK; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; MONETARY POLICY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 66449091497     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grp003     Document Type: Article

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