Political uncertainty and risk premia

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 520-545

  Pástor, Ľuboš ^a,b,c   Veronesi, Pietro ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Government policy; Political uncertainty; Risk premia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885855739     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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