his article empirically examines the determinants of volume in metal futures T markets. First, a theoretical model is developed. Based on the assumption that the trading agents can be divided into two groups, speculators and hedgers, it is found that volume can be represented as a function of inter-
Economic determinants of trading volume in futures markets
β Scribed by A.G. Malliaris; Jorge L. Urrutia
- Book ID
- 116101211
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 306 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0165-1765
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