The Determinants of U.S. Real Interest Rates in the Long Run /

This paper examines the factors which influence the behavior of real interest rates in the United States over the long run. Data on real and nominal returns to bonds and equities are tested for unit root non-stationarity. The results indicate that real and nominal interest rates and inflation are in...

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Autor Principal: Coorey, Sharmini
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1991.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1991/118
Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF
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