Optimal contract design: For whom?

Journal of Futures Markets

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 719-750

  Bollen, Nicolas P B ^b   Smith, Tom ^c   Whaley, Robert E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 8644228785     PISSN: 02707314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fut.10086     Document Type: Review

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