Arbitrage, risk premium, and cointegration tests of the efficiency of futures markets

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 693-713

  Chow, Ying Foon ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 15844390371     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00390     Document Type: Article

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