The role of the normal distribution in financial markets

Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization

Volumn 0, Issue , 2005, Pages 343-350

  Costa, Michele ^a   Cavaliere, Giuseppe ^a   Lezzi, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL MARKETS;

ASSET MANAGERS; EFFICIENT PORTFOLIO; FINANCIAL ASSETS; FINANCIAL INVESTORS; FINANCIAL VARIABLES; GOVERNMENT BONDS; MULTIVARIATE APPROACH; REAL-WORLD; RISK AVERSE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77951168569     PISSN: 14318814     EISSN: 21983321     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-27373-5_41     Document Type: Conference Paper

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