An analysis of the real interest rate under regime shifts

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 111-124

  Garcia, René ^a   Perron, Pierre ^a  

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EID: 0030525596     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2109851     Document Type: Article

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