Predictive Systems: Living with imperfect predictors

Journal of Finance

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1583-1628

  Pastor L ^a   Stambaugh, Robert F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 68249134053     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01474.x     Document Type: Article

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