Asset price bubbles and counter-cyclical monetary policy: Why central banks have been wrong and what should be done

European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-107

  Palley, Thomas I ^a  

^a NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset based reserve requirements; Asset price bubbles

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054710486     PISSN: 20527764     EISSN: 20527772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4337/ejeep.2010.01.09     Document Type: Article

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