The impact of ECB monetary policy decisions and communication on the yield curve

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1266-1298

  Brand, Claus ^a   Buncic, Daniel ^b   Turunen, Jarkko ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 78649691064     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jeea_a_00025     Document Type: Article

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