Macroeconomic implications of changes in the term premium

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 241-269

  Rudebusch, Glenn D ^a   Sack, Brian P ^b   Swanson, Eric T ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b Macroeconomic Advisers   (United States)

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EID: 34547689398     PISSN: 00149187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20955/r.89.241-270     Document Type: Conference Paper

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