Monetary easing policy and long-run food prices: Evidence from China

Economic Modelling

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 175-183

  Yu, Xiaohua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; Food price; Long run; Money easing policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899808432     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2014.03.029     Document Type: Article

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