The behavior of short-term interest rates: International evidence of non-linear adjustment

Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Haug, Alfred A ^a   Siklos, Pierre L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33846247055     PISSN: 10811826     EISSN: 15583708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1558-3708.1276     Document Type: Article

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