The bank lending channel and monetary transmission in Central and Eastern European countries

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 321-334

  Matousek, Roman ^a   Sarantis, Nicholas ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bank lending channel; CEE countries; Monetary transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349133091     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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