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6,563 wordsDeterminants Of The Returns-Earnings Correlation Essay, Research Determinants Of The Returns-Earnings Correlation Determinants of the Returns-Earnings Correlation This paper is based on a chapter of the authors dissertation at Columbia University. The author thanks her committee members James Ohlson, Trevor Harris, Asia Ali, and Bruce Lehmann for their guidance. This paper has benefitted from the comments provided by the participants of the Ohio State University colloquium, the Third Conference ...
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