Term premia and inflation uncertainty: Empirical evidence from an international panel dataset

American Economic Review

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1514-1534

  Wright, Jonathan H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79959875306     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.101.4.1514     Document Type: Article

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