The Myth of Financial Innovation and the Great Moderation

Economic Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 553, 2011, Pages 707-739

  Den Haan, Wouter J ^a   Sterk, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INNOVATION; MORTGAGE LENDING;

EID: 79957955160     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2010.02400.x     Document Type: Article

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