The corporate cost of capital and the return on corporate investment

Journal of Finance

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1939-1967

  Fama, Eugene F ^a   French, Kenneth R ^a  

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EID: 0040248886     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-1082.00178     Document Type: Article

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