Monetary policy with heterogeneous agents and borrowing constraints

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 295-316

  Algan, Yann ^a   Ragot, Xavier ^b,c  

^a OFCE   (France)

^b BANQUE DE FRANCE   (France)

^c PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

Borrowing constraints; Incomplete markets; Monetary policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249131725     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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