Estimation of Asymmetric Stochastic Volatility Models for Stock-Exchange Index Returns
✍ Scribed by María del Carmen García Centeno; Román Mínguez Salido
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 277 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1083-0898
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