Risk-Based Explanations of the Equity Premium

Handbook of the Equity Risk Premium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 37-99

  Donaldson, John ^a   Mehra, Rajnish ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84882331980     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044450899-7.50005-1     Document Type: Chapter

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