The central-bank balance sheet as an instrument of monetarypolicy

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-79

  Cúrdia, Vasco ^a   Woodford, Michael ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit policy; Interest on reserves; Quantitative easing; Zero lower bound

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951577602     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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