Performance evaluation of U.K. unit trusts within the stochastic discount factor framework

Journal of Financial Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 289-306

  Fletcher, Jonathan ^a   Forbes, David N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2942616522     PISSN: 02702592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6803.2004.00084.x     Document Type: Article

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