Real interest rates and inflation: An ex-ante empirical analysis

Journal of Finance

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 205-225

  Kandel, Shmuel ^a   Ofer, Aharon R ^a   Sarig, Oded ^a  

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EID: 0039272312     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1996.tb05207.x     Document Type: Article

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