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Monetary policy as bad medicine: The volatile relationship between business cycles and asset prices

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  • Philipp Bagus, 2008. "Monetary policy as bad medicine: The volatile relationship between business cycles and asset prices," The Review of Austrian Economics, Springer;Society for the Development of Austrian Economics, vol. 21(4), pages 283-300, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:revaec:v:21:y:2008:i:4:p:283-300
    DOI: 10.1007/s11138-008-0042-8
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    5. Philipp Bagus & David Howden, 2012. "Still unanswered quibbles with fractional reserve free banking," The Review of Austrian Economics, Springer;Society for the Development of Austrian Economics, vol. 25(2), pages 159-171, June.
    6. Bagus, Philipp & Howden, David, 2013. "Some Ethical Dilemmas with Modern Banking," MPRA Paper 79599, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    7. Jimmy A. Saravia, 2013. "Merger waves and the Austrian business cycle theory," Documentos de Trabajo CIEF 10929, Universidad EAFIT.
    8. Bagus, Philipp & Gabriel, Amadeus & Howden, David, 2014. "Causes and Consequences of Inflation," MPRA Paper 79608, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    9. Malte Tobias Kähler, 2011. "From German Rules to European Discretion: Policy’s Slippery Slope," Chapters, in: David Howden (ed.), Institutions in Crisis, chapter 9, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    10. Hoffmann, Andreas, 2009. "Fear of depression - Asymmetric monetary policy with respect to asset markets," MPRA Paper 17522, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    11. Bagus, Philipp & Howden, David, 2011. "Unanswered Quibbles with Fractional Reserve Free Banking," MPRA Paper 79594, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    12. Philipp Bagus & Juan Julián & Miguel Neira, 2014. "A free market bailout alternative?," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 37(3), pages 405-419, June.
    13. Edith Skriner, 2011. "Did Asset Prices Cause the Current Crisis?," Chapters, in: Óscar Dejuán & Eladio Febrero & Maria Cristina Marcuzzo (ed.), The First Great Recession of the 21st Century, chapter 9, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    15. Bagus, Philipp & Howden, David, 2010. "Fractional Reserve Banking: Some Quibbles," MPRA Paper 79590, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Keywords

    Austrian business cycle theory; Asset prices; Asset price bubbles; Monetary policy; Credit expansion; Herding behavior; B53 — Austrian Economics; E32 — Business Cycles; E44 — Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy; E58 — Central Banks and their Policies;
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    JEL classification:

    • B53 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Austrian
    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies

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