Are capital markets efficient? Evidence from the term structure of interest rates in Europe

Economic and Social Review

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 333-356

  Hallett, Andrew Hughes ^a   Richter, Christian R ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; INTEREST RATE; MARKET CONDITIONS;

EUROPE;

EID: 0036926114     PISSN: 00129984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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