In many empirical studies, both spot and futures prices were shown to contain a stochastic trend. Consequently, it is necessary to examine the possible cointegration relationship between the two prices as suggested by the efficient markets hypothesis. The importance of incorporating the cointegratio
Fractional cointegration and futures hedging
β Scribed by Lien, Donald; Tse, Yiu Kuen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 190 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-7314
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