An empirical analysis of the impact of federal budget deficits on long-term nominal interest rate yields, 1973.2-1995.4, using alternative expected inflation measures

Review of Financial Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-64

  Cebula, Richard J ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0032337715     PISSN: 10583300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1058-3300(99)80145-1     Document Type: Article

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