Risk-return tradeoff in U.S. stock returns over the business cycle

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 137-158

  Nyberg, Henri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 84859989042     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: 17566916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022109011000615     Document Type: Article

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