Near unit roots, cointegration, and the term structure of interest rates

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 513-529

  Lanne, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 0040362440     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1255(200009/10)15:5<513::AID-JAE568>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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