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Belgian railroad stock returns, 1836-1957

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  • Frans Buelens
  • Julien van den Broeck

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This new time series on price and return indices for the Belgian railroad sector during the 19th century and comparison with the historical risk premium confirms the risk premium to be positive although not that high as was commonly understood.

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  • Frans Buelens & Julien van den Broeck, 2005. "Belgian railroad stock returns, 1836-1957," Applied Financial Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 15(13), pages 915-930.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apfiec:v:15:y:2005:i:13:p:915-930
    DOI: 10.1080/09603100500120084
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