A cointegration test for oil futures market efficiency
β Scribed by William J. Crowder; Anas Hamed
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 591 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-7314
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β¦ Synopsis
The authors would like to thank Hank Bessembinder, Dan Himarios, Dennis Hoffman, Mike Melvin, and two anonymous referees for the helpful comments. Any remaining errors must be attributed, solely, to the authors.
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