Estimating the cost of capital implied by market prices and accounting data

Foundations and Trends in Accounting

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 241-364

  Easton, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 70350646767     PISSN: 15540642     EISSN: 15540650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/1400000009     Document Type: Review

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