Optimal monetary policy and the term structure of interest rates: A note

Journal of Economic Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 98-108

  Staudinger, Sylvia ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Inflation; Interest rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148975532     PISSN: 01443585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443580210420763     Document Type: Article

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