Managed futures, positive feedback trading, and futures price volatility

Journal of Futures Markets

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 759-776

  Irwin, Scott H ^a   Yoshimaru, Satoko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0033446073     PISSN: 02707314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9934(199910)19:7<759::AID-FUT2>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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