The Fed's policy decisions and implied volatility

Journal of Futures Markets

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 995-1010

  Vähämaa, Sami ^a,b   Äijö, Janne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 79960953819     PISSN: 02707314     EISSN: 10969934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fut.20503     Document Type: Article

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