First significant digits and the credit derivative market during the financial crisis

Contemporary Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 21-29

  Hofmarcher, Paul ^a   Hornik, Kurt ^b  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Benford's law; CDS market; Financial crisis; First significant digits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879596688     PISSN: 20840845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5709/ce.1897-9254.80     Document Type: Article

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