An exact bayes test of asset pricing models with application to international markets

Journal of Business

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 293-323

  Avramov, Doron ^a   Chao, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 33244484594     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/497412     Document Type: Review

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