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  1. Vedat Akgiray

    Present address: Department of Finance, School of Business Administration, Clarkson University, 13676, Potsdam, NY, USA

  2. G. Geoffrey Booth

    Present address: Department of Finance, College of Business Administration, Louisiana State University, 70803, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

  3. Otto Loistl

    Present address: Universität Gesamthochschule Paderborn, Postfach 1621, D-4790, Paderborn, Germany

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    Akgiray, V., Booth, G.G. & Loistl, O. Statistical models of German stock returns. Journal of Economics Zeitschrift für Nationalökonomie 50, 17–33 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01227606

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