Model comparison using the hansen-jagannathan distance

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3449-3490

  Kan, Raymond ^a   Robotti, Cesare ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA   (United States)

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EID: 71549163507     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhn094     Document Type: Article

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