Foundations of Financial Management
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ISBN: 9781259277160
Author: Stanley B. Block, Geoffrey A. Hirt, Bartley Danielsen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 13, Problem 3DQ
When is the coefficient of variation a better measure of risk than the standard deviation? (LO13-1)
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