Optimal portfolio choice and the valuation of illiquid securities

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 407-431

  Longstaff, Francis A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0035587953     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/14.2.407     Document Type: Article

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