Estimating the intertemporal risk-return tradeoff using the implied cost of capital

Journal of Finance

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2859-2897

  Pástor, Ľuboš ^a   Sinha, Meenakshi ^b   Swaminathan, Bhaskaran ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b International Arbitration and Litigation Practice

^c The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management

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EID: 56149127189     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2008.01415.x     Document Type: Article

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