A new variance bound on the stochastic discount factor

Journal of Business

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 941-961

  Kan, Raymond ^a   Zhou, Guofu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33644911188     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499144     Document Type: Review

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