Consumption, aggregate wealth, and expected stock returns

Journal of Finance

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 815-849

  Lettau, Martin ^a   Ludvigson, Sydney ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0012462939     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-1082.00347     Document Type: Article

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