The TIPS-Treasury bond puzzle

Journal of Finance

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2151-2197

  Fleckenstein, Matthias ^a   Longstaff, Francis A ^a   Lustig, Hanno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84924609916     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jofi.12032     Document Type: Article

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