Option-implied volatility factors and the cross-section of market risk premia
β Scribed by Junye Li
- Book ID
- 116615934
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 335 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0378-4266
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