A test of the expectations hypothesis of the term structure of interest rates for Sri Lanka

Applied Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 1819-1827

  Cooray, Arusha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTEREST RATE;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 0346962845     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684032000148524     Document Type: Article

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