Estimating the term structure of interest rates for monetary policy analysis

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 163-183

  Dahlquist, Magnus ^a   Svensson, Lars E O ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0030553833     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3440852     Document Type: Article

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