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Shrunken interest rate forecasts are better forecasts

Reid Dorsey-Palmateer Department of Economics, Pomona College, Claremont, California 91711, USA
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Gary Smith Department of Economics, Pomona College, Claremont, California 91711, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 425-430 | Published online: 14 Mar 2007

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