The trade-off model with mean reverting earnings: Theory and empirical tests

Economic Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 490, 2003, Pages 834-860

  Sarkar, Sudipto ^a   Zapatero, Fernando ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; INCOME; MODEL; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 0242369744     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.t01-1-00156     Document Type: Article

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