Asymptotic behavior of the daily increment distribution of the IPC, the mexican stock market index

Revista Mexicana de Fisica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-31

  Coronel Brizio, H F ^a   Hernandez Montoya A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Econophysics; Lev regime; Power Law; Stable distribution; Stock market

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844422427     PISSN: 0035001X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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