A factor analysis of bond risk premia

Handbook of Empirical Economics and Finance

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 313-371

  Ludvigson, Sydney C ^a   Ng, Serena ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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