Along with price limits and capital requirements, the margin mechanism ensures the integrity of futures markets. Margin committees and brokers in futures markets face a trade-off when setting the margin level. A high level protects brokers against insolvent customers and thus reinforces market integ
Optimal price policy and the futures markets
β Scribed by Harvey Lapan; Giancarlo Moschini
- Book ID
- 117332849
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 617 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0165-1765
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