GARCH, jumps and permanent and transitory components of volatility: the case of the Taiwan exchange rate
β Scribed by Shyh-Wei Chen; Chung-Hua Shen
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 261 KB
- Volume
- 67
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0378-4754
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