Karathanassis, George A.; Sogiakas, Vasilios I. - In: Review of quantitative finance and accounting 34 (2010) 1, pp. 95-143
This paper investigates possible spillover effects on the spot market due to the initiation of derivatives markets. Although speculation, which is apparent because of the low transaction cost of derivatives markets, produces noise in the financial system, the speculative forces and the rational...