Market volatility and the demand for hedging in stock index futures

Journal of Futures Markets

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 105-125

  Chang, Eric ^b   Chou, Ray Y ^c   Nelling, Edward F ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0034387897     PISSN: 02707314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9934(200002)20:2<105::AID-FUT1>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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