Unconventional monetary policy and the great recession: Estimating the macroeconomic effects of a spread compression at the zero lower bound

International Journal of Central Banking

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 165-212

  Baumeister, Christiane ^a   Benati, Luca ^b  

^a BANK OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84878458981     PISSN: 18154654     EISSN: 18157556     Source Type: Journal    
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