Indicator properties of the paper-bill spread: Lessons from recent experience

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-44

  Friedman, Benjamin M ^a   Kuttner, Kenneth N ^a  

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EID: 0032372708     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465398557311     Document Type: Article

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