Option pricing based on the generalized lambda distribution

Journal of Futures Markets

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 213-236

  Corrado, Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0035589068     PISSN: 02707314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9934(200103)21:3<213::AID-FUT2>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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