Credit Rationing, Interest Rate Lags, and Monetary Policy Speed

Abstract

I. Introduction, 54. — II. The basic argument, 56. — III. Disequilibrium effective demand, 60. — IV. The model, 63. — V. Solution, 68. — VI. Empirical relevance, 74. — VII. Credit contraction multiplier, 76. — VIII. Qualifications, 79. — IX. Summary and conclusion, 82.