Following Germany's lead: Using international monetary linkages to estimate the effect of monetary policy on the economy

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 315-331

  di Giovanni, Julian ^a,b,c   McCrary, Justin ^c,d   von Wachter, Till ^c,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 70449441122     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.91.2.315     Document Type: Article

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