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Pricing and hedging in the freight futures market

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Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Weight: 157 KB
Volume: 31
Category: Article
ISSN: 0270-7314
DOI: 10.1002/fut.20480

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