Skewness preference, mean–variance and the demand for put options

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 327-342

  Poitras, Geoffrey ^a   Heaney, John ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 4444226909     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1468(199909)20:6<327::AID-MDE948>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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