Regime changes in international real interest rates: Are they a monetary phenomenon?

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 887-906

  Rapach, David E ^a   Wohar, Mark E ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflation; Real interest rate; Structural breaks

Indexed keywords

EID: 25644448816     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mcb.2005.0057     Document Type: Review

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