The informational efficiency of the market for options on the German stock index DAX is examined using intraday transactions data. Problems of previous studies on options-market efficiency, arising from dividend estimation and the early-exercise effect, are avoided, because the DAX is a performance
Efficiency and options on the market index
β Scribed by Gabrielle Demange; Guy Laroque
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 110 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0938-2259
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