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Economic announcements and the 10-year U.S. Treasury: Surprising findings without the surprise component

Stavros DegiannakisDepartment of Economics and Regional Development, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens, Greece
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George FilisDepartment of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK
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Stefanos TsemperlidisDepartment of Economics and Regional Development, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1269-1273 | Published online: 14 Nov 2018

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