Of smiles and smirks: A term structure perspective

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 211-239

  Das, Sanjiv R ^a   Sundaram, Rangarajan K ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0038851684     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2676279     Document Type: Article

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