Explaining the failures of the term spread models of the rational expectations hypothesis of the term structure

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 364-380

  Tzavalis, Elias ^a   Wickens, Michael R ^a  

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EID: 0031495752     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2953700     Document Type: Article

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