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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Discount Rates

Author: John Cochrane
Type: Essay, Survey Article
Level: Advanced Undergraduate (Fin), MSc(Econ, Fin, Math. Fin), Ph.D.(Econ, Fin)

In this survey article (AFA Presidential Address) John Cochrane surveys stylized facts, theories and applications related to discount rate variation, return predictability and other topics from Financial Economics. He discusses how discount rate variation affects portfolio theory, cost of capital, capital structure and macroeconomics.

You can download John Cochrane's "Discount Rates" using the following link

http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/john.cochrane/research/papers/AFA_pres_speech.pdf

John H. Cochrane is the AQR Capital Management Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Webpage:
http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/john.cochrane/



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