Australian Options

Australian Journal of Management

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-93

  Moreno, Manuel ^a   Navas, Javier F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

ARITHMETIC AVERAGE; ASIAN OPTIONS; EDGEWORTH EXPANSION; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; GEOMETRIC AVERAGE; LOGNORMAL DISTRIBUTION

Indexed keywords

EID: 54849438566     PISSN: 03128962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/031289620803300105     Document Type: Article

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