This special issue of the Brussels Economic Review is dedicated to a selection ofpapers presented at the 2013 annual meeting of the European research group,GDRE (Groupement De Recherche Européen) Money, Banking and Finance. Thisinternational network, part of the CNRS (Centre National de la...

ABSTRACT:The present paper analyses the relationship between the volume of transactions with futuresequity index products and the return volatility of their underlying assets. The study addressesthe case of five stock markets, members of the Euronext.liffe. We employ a frequency domainanalysis...