In this article the price-setting behavior of the district Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBs) is investigated. Previous studies have viewed the FHLB system as a policy authority that sets the interest rate on FHLB advances in an attempt to stabilize mortgage and housing markets. In this study a profitm
On the maximizing behavior of a monopoly planner
β Scribed by Judith Thornton; Donn L. Leber
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1970
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 466 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1573-9414
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