A simple approach for deciding when to invest

American Economic Review

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1319-1326

  Berk, Jonathan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001729917     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.89.5.1319     Document Type: Article

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