Monetary policy in the media

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 689-709

  Berger, Helge ^a   Ehrmann, Michael ^b   Fratzscher, Marcel ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b European Central Blank ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Communication; Coverage; ECB; Media; Monetary policy; Press

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956108839     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: 15384616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2011.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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