ESTIMATING YIELD CURVES BY KERNEL SMOOTHING METHODS

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ESTIMATING YIELD CURVES BY KERNEL SMOOTHING METHODS O. Linton, E. Mammen, J. Nielsen and C. Tanggaard December 1998

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