Convergence and anchoring of yield curves in the euro area

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 350-364

  Ehrmann, Michael ^a   Fratzscher, Marcel ^a   Gürkaynak, Refet S ^b,c   Swanson, Eric T ^d  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^b BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CEPR ^*  (United States)

^d FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

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EID: 79957458178     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00055     Document Type: Article

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