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Volatility is (mostly) path-dependent 波动性(主要)依赖于路径

IF 1.3 4区经济学

Quantitative Finance Pub Date : 2023-07-19 DOI: 10.1080/14697688.2023.2221281

Julien Guyon, Jordan Lekeufack

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