Risk arbitrage opportunities in petroleum futures spreads

Journal of Futures Markets

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 931-955

  Girma, Paul Berhanu ^a,b   Paulson, Albert S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b Skedmore College   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0037741198     PISSN: 02707314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9934(199912)19:8<931::AID-FUT5>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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