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Why did the Term Structure of Interest Rates Lose its Predictive Power ?

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  • Caroline Jardet, 2002. "Why did the Term Structure of Interest Rates Lose its Predictive Power ?," Working Papers 2002-05, Center for Research in Economics and Statistics.
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