Estimating the equity risk premium using accounting fundamentals

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 27, Issue 9-10, 2000, Pages 1051-1083

  O'Hanlon, John ^a   Steele, Anthony ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0009912752     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00346     Document Type: Conference Paper

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