Interest rates, rate spreads, and economic activity

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 42-50

  Lapp, John S ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 21744443530     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.1997.tb00476.x     Document Type: Article

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