The first essay presents new empirical findings which are inconsistent with prominent theories on the investment premium. The investment premium is the positive stock return difierential between firms with low and high asset growth. Asset growth is the annual percentage change in total assets...

Preface / by John H. Cochrane and Tobias J. Moskowitz -- Introductions. My Life in Finance / Eugene F. Fama ; Things I've Learned from Gene Fama / Kenneth R. French ; Gene Fama's Impact: A Quantitative Analysis / G. William Schwert and René M. Stulz -- Efficient markets. Efficient Markets and...