Persistent mispricing in a recently opened emerging index futures market: Arbitrageurs invited

Journal of Futures Markets

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 218-243

  Mcmillan, David G ^a   Ülkü, Numan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 78651453020     PISSN: 02707314     EISSN: 10969934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fut.20355     Document Type: Article

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