The poor predictive performance of asset pricing models

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 355-380

  Simin, Timothy ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 46849120008     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022109000003550     Document Type: Article

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