House prices, credit growth, and excess volatility: Implications for monetary and macroprudential policy

International Journal of Central Banking

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 219-276

  Gelain, Paolo ^a   Lansing, Kevin J ^a,b   Mendicino, Caterina ^c  

^a NORGES BANK   (Norway)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^c Bank of Portugal ^*  (Portugal)

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EID: 84878450483     PISSN: 18154654     EISSN: 18157556     Source Type: Journal    
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