Finance models as metaphors

International Review of Financial Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 421-433

  McGoun, Elton G ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Derivatives; Metaphors; Modeling; Options

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042342629     PISSN: 10575219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1057-5219(03)00033-4     Document Type: Article

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