Anomalies: The Equity Premium Puzzle

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 191-200

  Siegel, Jeremy J ^a   Thaler, Richard H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0000279819     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.11.1.191     Document Type: Article

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