Price limits, margin requirements, and default risk

Journal of Futures Markets

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 573-602

  Chou, Pin Huang ^b   Lin, Mei Chen ^c   Yu, Min Teh ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0034410123     PISSN: 02707314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9934(200007)20:6<573::AID-FUT4>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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