Mispricing of index futures contracts and short sales constraints

Journal of Futures Markets

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 695-715

  Fung, Joseph K W ^a   Draper, Paul ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033443057     PISSN: 02707314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9934(199909)19:6<695::AID-FUT4>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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