Economics:
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ISBN: 9781285859460
Author: BOYES, William
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 31, Problem 16E
To determine
To explain:
The reason for price/rent ratio to be same for a domicile as the P/E ratio is for a stock.
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