What does monetary policy do to long-term interest rates at the zero lower bound?

Economic Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 564, 2012, Pages

  Wright, Jonathan H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; INTEREST RATE; MONETARY POLICY;

EID: 84868097886     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2012.02556.x     Document Type: Article

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