Price limits, overreaction, and price resolution in futures markets

Journal of Futures Markets

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 243-263

  Chen, Haiwei ^a  

^a HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032375907     PISSN: 02707314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9934(199805)18:3<243::AID-FUT1>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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