The pricing of municipal bond index futures
โ Scribed by Thomas R. Hamilton; Scott E. Hein; Timothy W. Koch
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 956 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-7314
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โฆ Synopsis
Smith, Hol Toles, and anonymous referees are gratefully acknowledged. We also acknowledge the valuable research assistance of Terrance Jalbert. Finally, we wish to thank Bill McLaughlin and
The Bond Buyer for supplying us with the underlying municipal security prices used in this study.
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