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Rare disasters, credit, and option market puzzles. / Christoffersen, Peter; Du, Du; Elkamhi, Redouane.

In: Management Science, Vol. 63, No. 5, 01.05.2017, p. 1341-1364.

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Christoffersen, P, Du, D & Elkamhi, R 2017, 'Rare disasters, credit, and option market puzzles', Management Science, vol. 63, no. 5, pp. 1341-1364. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2015.2361

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Christoffersen, P., Du, D., & Elkamhi, R. (2017). Rare disasters, credit, and option market puzzles. Management Science, 63(5), 1341-1364. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2015.2361

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Christoffersen P, Du D, Elkamhi R. 2017. Rare disasters, credit, and option market puzzles. Management Science. 63(5):1341-1364. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2015.2361

MLA

Christoffersen, Peter, Du Du and Redouane Elkamhi. "Rare disasters, credit, and option market puzzles". Management Science. 2017, 63(5). 1341-1364. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2015.2361

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Christoffersen P, Du D, Elkamhi R. Rare disasters, credit, and option market puzzles. Management Science. 2017 May 1;63(5):1341-1364. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2015.2361

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Christoffersen, Peter ; Du, Du ; Elkamhi, Redouane. / Rare disasters, credit, and option market puzzles. In: Management Science. 2017 ; Vol. 63, No. 5. pp. 1341-1364.

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