The information content of the term structure of interest rates

Applied Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-45

  Kalev, Petko S ^a   Inder, Brett A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; INTEREST RATE;

EID: 33644906153     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500365967     Document Type: Article

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