Business conditions, monetary policy, and expected security returns

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 213-237

  Jensen, Gerald R ^a   Mercer, Jeffrey M ^a   Johnson, Robert R ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business conditions; Expected security returns; Monetary policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030076532     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-405X(96)89537-7     Document Type: Article

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