Research Discussion Paper – RDP 2012-02 The Role of Credit Supply in the Australian Economy

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We would like to thank James Hansen, Jonathan Kearns, Christopher Kent, Gianni La Cava, Christine Lewis and Adrian Pagan for helpful comments and discussions.