Monetary policy, Credit extension, and housing bubbles: 2008 and 1929

Critical Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 269-300

  Gjerstad, Steven ^a   Smith, Vernon L ^b  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Finance and Economics ^*

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EID: 68949085688     PISSN: 08913811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08913810902934117     Document Type: Article

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