Performance Evaluation with Stochastic Discount Factors

Journal of Business

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 473-503

  Farnsworth, Heber ^a   Ferson, Wayne ^c   Jackson, David ^b   Todd, Steven ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE

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EID: 0141942634     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/339902     Document Type: Article

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