Security markets and the information content of monetary policy turning points

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 477-494

  Jensen, Gerald R ^a   Mercer, Jeffrey M ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discount rate; Monetary policy; Security returns

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750434501     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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