Presidential Address: Discount Rates

Journal of Finance

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1047-1108

  Cochrane, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 79960550629     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2011.01671.x     Document Type: Article

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