Delivery Risk and the Hedging Role of Options

Journal of Futures Markets

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 339-354

  Lien, Donald ^a   Wong, Kit Pong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0036110231     PISSN: 02707314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fut.10011     Document Type: Article

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