On the relation between expected returns and implied cost of capital

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 246-259

  Hughes, John ^a   Liu, Jing ^a   Liu, Jun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Expected return; Implied cost of capital; Weighted average cost of capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349134699     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11142-009-9093-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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