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Is there an Equity Premium Puzzle in Italy? A Look at Asset Returns, Consumption and Financial Structure Data Over the Last Century

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Panetta, F.
Violi, R.

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This paper constructs the series of the real returns on Italian equities, bank and PO deposits and long-term government bonds from 1860 to today.

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Paper provided by Banca Italia - Servizio di Studi in its series Papers with number 353.

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Date of creation: 1999
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Keywords: FINANCIAL MARKET;

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