The TIPS yield curve and inflation compensation

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-92

  Gürkaynak, Refet S ^a   Sack, Brian ^b   Wright, Jonathan H ^c  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77955724199     PISSN: 19457707     EISSN: 19457715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mac.2.1.70     Document Type: Article

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