UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
WORKING PAPERS SERIES IN
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS
How do changes in monetary policy affect
the term structure of interest rates?
Shu Wu
University of Kansas
Paper no. 2001-01
May 2001
Department of Economics
University of Kansas
Summerfield Hall
Lawrence, KS 66045-2113
 Shu Wu. All right reserved. Short sections of text, not to exceed two paragraphs, may
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