Scale-adjusted volatility and the Dow Jones index
β Scribed by Craig Ellis; Christopher Hudson
- Book ID
- 104078395
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 435 KB
- Volume
- 378
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0378-4371
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