Changes in the Relationship Between the Long-Term Interest Rate and its Determinants /

This paper assesses the relative importance of alternative explanations for the rise in long-term interest rates in the United States from October 1993 to April 1994. Standard econometric models of the term structure are shown to have a structural break in the early 1980s. An important reason for th...

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Autore principale: Lee, William
Altri autori: Prasad, Eswar
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1994.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1994/124
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF