Anticipation and Surprises in Central Bank Interest Rate Policy: The Case of the Bundesbank

IMF Staff Papers

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 647-671

  Hardy, Daniel C ^a  

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EID: 0042397501     PISSN: 10207635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2307/3867588     Document Type: Article

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