The balance sheet channel of monetary policy transmission: Evidence from the United Kingdom

Economica

Volumn 76, Issue 304, 2009, Pages 675-703

  Angelopoulou, Eleni ^a   Gibson, Heather D ^a  

^a Bank of Greece ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL POLICY; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; MANUFACTURING; MONETARY POLICY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349480972     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2008.00710.x     Document Type: Article

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