On the volatility of stock prices: An exercise in quantitative theory

International Journal of Systems Science

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1203-1211

  Mehra, Rajnish ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKETING; TAXATION;

QUANTITATIVE THEORY; STOCK MARKET; STOCK PRICES VOLATILITY;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 0032208905     PISSN: 00207721     EISSN: 14645319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207729808929609     Document Type: Article

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