Reconciling the return predictability evidence

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1607-1652

  Lettau, Martin ^a   Van Nieuwerburgh, Stijn ^b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 49449114803     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhm074     Document Type: Article

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