Who Trades Futures and How: Evidence from the Heating Oil Futures Market

Journal of Business

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 353-373

  Ederington, Louis ^a   Lee, Jae Ha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

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EID: 0141942622     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338706     Document Type: Article

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