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Dividends, Momentum, and Macroeconomic Variables as Determinants of the US Equity Premium Across Economic Regimes

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  • Anastasios G. Malliaris
  • Ramaprasad Bhar

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Keywords: Excess stock returns, Equity premium, Dividends, Macroeconomic variables, Momentum, Markov regimes

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  • Anastasios G. Malliaris & Ramaprasad Bhar, 2011. "Dividends, Momentum, and Macroeconomic Variables as Determinants of the US Equity Premium Across Economic Regimes," Review of Behavioral Finance, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 3(1), pages 27-53, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:rbfpps:v:3:y:2011:i:1:p:27-53
    DOI: 10.1108/19405979201100002
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