Scale Mixture Modeling and Shape Parameter Estimation of Security Returns: New Theories and Analyses

The purpose of this dissertation is to offer two complementary proposals to enhance our knowledge of security returns' behavior and analysis. The original assumption that this behavior is best described by a normal distribution underlies not only long-standing asset pricing models, but also com...

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Other Authors: Turk, George Watson (authoraut)
Format: Others
Language:English
English
Published: Florida State University
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Online Access:http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-1471