Trading Activity in Stock Index Futures Markets: The Evidence of Emerging Markets

Journal of Futures Markets

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 983-1003

  Huang, Yu Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0036343798     PISSN: 02707314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fut.10040     Document Type: Article

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