Monetary policy, housing booms, and financial (IM)balances

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 830-860

  Eickmeier, Sandra ^a   Hofmann, Boris ^b  

^a DEUTSCHE BUNDESBANK   (Germany)

^b BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asset Prices; Housing; Monetary Policy; Private Sector Balance Sheets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878481333     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: 14698056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1365100511000721     Document Type: Article

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