Predicting returns with financial ratios

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 209-235

  Lewellen, Jonathan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Equity premium; Expected returns; Predictive regressions

Indexed keywords

EID: 7444239079     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2002.11.002     Document Type: Article

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