Testing Continuous-Time Models of the Spot Interest Rate

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 385-426

  Aït Sahalia, Yacine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0242670422     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/9.2.385     Document Type: Article

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