How to read the future: The yield curve, affect, and financial prediction

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Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-268

  Zaloom, Caitlin ^a  

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EID: 68649115101     PISSN: 08992363     EISSN: 15278018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/08992363-2008-028     Document Type: Article

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