Estimating the distribution of volatility of realized stock returns and exchange rate changes
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- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 435 KB
- Volume
- 352
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0378-4371
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We thank the editor, Robert Webb, and an anonymous referee for their helpful comments. We also thank Thorben Lubnau, Tyge-F. Kummer, and the participants of the 2nd International Finance Conference of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta for their suggestions.