On the accuracy of different measures of q

Financial Management

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 5-33

  Erickson, Timothy ^a   Whited, Toni M ^b  

^a BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 33750499715     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-053X.2006.tb00145.x     Document Type: Article

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