What's unique about the federal funds rate? Evidence from a spectral perspective

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 293-319

  Sarno, Lucio ^a,b   Thornton, Daniel L ^c   Wen, Yi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 34147113428     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2006.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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