The yield curve as a predictor of growth: Long-run evidence, 1875-1997

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 182-185

  Bordo, Michael D ^a   Haubrich, Joseph G ^b  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

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EID: 38849185417     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.90.1.182     Document Type: Article

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