Monetary Policy Surprises and the Bank Bill Term Premium

Australian Journal of Management

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-260

  Walsh, Kathleen ^a   Tan, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

TERM PREMIUM; UNANTICIPATED MONETARY POLICY

Indexed keywords

EID: 66649097011     PISSN: 03128962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/031289620803300202     Document Type: Article

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