Some evidence on mean reversion in ex ante real interest rates

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-191

  Moosa, Imad A ^a   Bhatti, Razzaque H ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000083297     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.1996.tb00672.x     Document Type: Article

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