Housing wealth, financial wealth, money demand and policy rule: Evidence from the euro area

North American Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 88-105

  Sousa, Ricardo M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Financial wealth; Housing wealth; monetary policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649190512     PISSN: 10629408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.najef.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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