A model of target changes and the term structure of interest rates

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 223-249

  Balduzzi, Pierluigi ^a   Bertola, Giuseppe ^b,c,d   Foresi, Silverio ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

'Peso problem'; Expectations hypothesis; Monetary regimes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031184831     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3932(97)00010-x     Document Type: Article

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