Managed futures, positive feedback trading, and futures price volatility
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Futures Markets
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0270-7314,1096-9934
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9934(199910)19:7<759::aid-fut2>3.0.co;2-f