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Stochastic volatility, power laws and long memory

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  • B. B. Mandelbrot

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Benoit B Mandelbrot comments on the paper by Blake LeBaron, on page 621 of this issue, by tracing the merits and pitfalls of power-law scaling models from antiquity to the present.

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  • B. B. Mandelbrot, 2001. "Stochastic volatility, power laws and long memory," Quantitative Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 1(6), pages 558-559.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:quantf:v:1:y:2001:i:6:p:558-559
    DOI: 10.1080/713665999
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