Term structure and interest differentials as predictors of future inflation changes and inflation differentials

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 615-625

  Caporale, Guglielmo Maria ^a   Pittis, Nikitas ^b  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

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EID: 0346703144     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096031098332655     Document Type: Article

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