Can growth options explain the trend in idiosyncratic risk?

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2599-2633

  Cao, Charles ^a   Simin, Timothy ^a   Zhao, Jing ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 57349135479     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhl039     Document Type: Article

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