## Abstract In this study we examine how volatility and the futures risk premium affect trading demands for hedging and speculation in the S&P 500 Stock Index futures contracts. To ascertain if different volatility measures matter in affecting the result, we employ three volatility estimates. Our e
Program trading and stock and futures price volatility
โ Scribed by Sanford J. Grossman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 533 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-7314
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