The bond market's q*

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1011-1056

  Philippon, Thomas ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 72449120021     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2009.124.3.1011     Document Type: Article

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