## Abstract Both the Singapore Exchange (SGX) and the Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) offer future contracts based on Taiwan's stockβmarket indices. TAIFEX reduced the transaction tax from 5 basis points to 2.5 basis points on May 1, 2000. Hence, empirical tests are performed on the differences in
The market microstructure and relative performance of Taiwan stock index futures: a comparison of the Singapore exchange and the Taiwan futures exchange
β Scribed by Yu Chuan Huang
- Book ID
- 116482245
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 352 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1386-4181
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