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Stock Returns and Expected Business Conditions: Half a Century of Direct Evidence

Sean D. Campbell Federal Reserve Board, Washington, DC
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Francis X. Diebold University of Pennsylvania, Phildelphia, PA and National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA
Pages 266-278 | Received 01 Aug 2006, Published online: 01 Jan 2012

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