Derivative pricing 60 years before black-scholes: Evidence from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange

Journal of Finance

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3069-3098

  Moore, Lyndon ^a   Juh, Steve ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b LEHMAN BROTHERS   (United States)

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EID: 33846210686     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2006.01012.x     Document Type: Article

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