14 Probability distributions for financial models

Handbook of Statistics

Volumn 14, Issue , 1996, Pages 427-461

  McDonald, James B ^a  

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EID: 70350342861     PISSN: 01697161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7161(96)14016-5     Document Type: Review

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