Ambiguity aversion and the term structure of interest rates

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4157-4188

  Gagliardini, Patrick ^a   Porchia, Paolo ^b   Trojani, Fabio ^b  

^a SWISS FINANCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 70349456683     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhn092     Document Type: Article

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