Lazy investors, discretionary consumption, and the cross-section of stock returns

Journal of Finance

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1623-1661

  Jagannathan, Ravi ^a   Wang, Yong ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 34547888391     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2007.01253.x     Document Type: Article

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