Futures trading activity and stock price volatility: Some extensions

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 655-664

  Chatrath, A ^a   Song, F ^b,c   Adrangi, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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STOCK MARKET;

EID: 0041470183     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603100110115183     Document Type: Article

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