Margin requirements and futures activity: Evidence from the soybean and corn markets

Journal of Futures Markets

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 433-455

  Adrangi, Bahram ^a   Chatrath, Arjun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0033437943     PISSN: 02707314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9934(199906)19:4<433::AID-FUT3>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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