Skewness in stock returns: Reconciling the evidence on firm versus aggregate returns

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1630-1673

  Albuquerque, Rui ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84860159338     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhr144     Document Type: Review

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