Parameter estimates for symmetric stable distributions

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 66, Issue 334, 1971, Pages 331-338

  Fama, Eugene F ^a   Roll, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 5544261689     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1971.10482264     Document Type: Article

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