The implied cost of capital: A new approach

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 504-526

  Hou, Kewei ^a   van Dijk, Mathijs A ^b   Zhang, Yinglei ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asset pricing tests; Cross sectional earnings model; Earnings forecasts; Expected returns; Implied cost of capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862789554     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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