What matters when? The impact of ECB communication on financial market expectations

Applied Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 28, 2011, Pages 4289-4309

  Lamla, Michael J ^a   Lein, Sarah M ^b  

^a KOF SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS NATIONAL BANK   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BANK; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FINANCIAL MARKET; MONETARY UNION;

EID: 84860395684     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2010.491452     Document Type: Article

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