Monetary policy and the cross-section of expected stock returns

Journal of Financial Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 125-139

  Jensen, Gerald R ^a   Mercer, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

JEL Classifications: E44, E52, G12

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EID: 0010214608     PISSN: 02702592     EISSN: 14756803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6803.00008     Document Type: Article

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