What factors drive global stock returns?

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2527-2574

  Hou, Kewei ^a   Karolyi, G Andrew ^b   Kho, Bong Chan ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

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EID: 79960508598     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhr013     Document Type: Article

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