Expected returns, yield spreads, and asset pricing tests

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1297-1338

  Campello, Murillo ^a   Chen, Long ^b   Zhang, Lu ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 44849096166     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhn011     Document Type: Article

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