Capital growth theory

Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science

Volumn 9, Issue C, 1995, Pages 65-86

  Hakansson, Nils H ^a   Ziemba, William T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 77957045962     PISSN: 09270507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0507(05)80047-7     Document Type: Review

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