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Thomas J. George, Francis A. Longstaff, Bid-Ask Spreads and Trading Activity in the S&P 100 Index Options Market, The Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Sep., 1993), pp. 381-397
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