Federal reserve information and the behavior of interest rates

American Economic Review

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 429-457

  Romer, Christina D ^a   Romer, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0002115197     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.90.3.429     Document Type: Article

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