Are Risk Premium Anomalies Caused by Ambiguity?

Financial Analysts Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 24-31

  Olsen, Robert A ^a   Troughton, George H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0346678553     PISSN: 0015198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2469/faj.v56.n2.2341     Document Type: Article

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