Modelling heavy tails and skewness in film returns

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1181-1188

  Walls, W D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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MEDIA INDUSTRY; MODELING;

EID: 31144453942     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0960310050391040     Document Type: Article

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