Re-examination of the historical equity risk premium in Australia

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-97

  Brailsford, Tim ^a   Handley, John C ^b   Maheswaran, Krishnan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c KBC Alternative Investment Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital asset pricing model; Cost of capital; Equity risk premium; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 40149091561     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2007.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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