Does the failure of the expectations hypothesis matter for long-term investors?

Journal of Finance

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 179-230

  Sangvinatsos, Antonios ^a   Wachter, Jessica A ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NBER ^*

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EID: 12344307603     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2005.00728.x     Document Type: Review

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