Examining the validity of a test of futures market efficiency
β Scribed by Emmett Elam; Bruce L. Dixon
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 531 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-7314
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β¦ Synopsis
To provide evidence for his conclusion, Maberly used a simulation analysis to develop spot and futures prices which were used to estimate the parameters in
Research for this article was partially completed while Emmett Elam was a faculty member in the Depart-
The authors would like to thank Siew Goh for writing the simulation program.
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