Fundamental Properties of Bond Prices in Models of the Short-Term Rate

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 679-716

  Mele, Antonio ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0042788860     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhg011     Document Type: Article

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