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Maturity effect on stock index futures in an emerging market

Dimitris Kenourgios Department of Economics, University of Athens, Office 213, 5 Stadiou Street, Athens, 10562, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Athanasios Katevatis Department of Economics, University of Athens, Office 213, 5 Stadiou Street, Athens, 10562, Greece
Pages 1029-1033 | Published online: 31 Jan 2011

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