The paper-bill spread and real output: What matters more, a change in the paper rate or a change in the bill rate?

Review of Financial Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-246

  Ewing, Bradley T ^a   Lynch, Gerald J ^b   Payne, James E ^c  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bill rate; Paper rate; Paper bill spread

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038458679     PISSN: 10583300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1058-3300(03)00024-7     Document Type: Article

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