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Building on a model of the interaction of risk-averse frms that compete in forward and spot markets, we develop an empirical strategy to test whether oligopolistic frms use forward contracts for strategic motives, for risk-hedging, or for both. An increase in the number of players weakens the...
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In light of the recently passed 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, we assess the effect of margin changes on prices, the risk-sharing between speculators and hedgers, and the price stability of 20 commodity futures markets. We find that margin increases decrease the rate at which prices change, yet they...
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results support our model. In particular, they show that the derivative hedge theory is important for the explanation of the …We develop a model of the illiquidity transmission from spot to futures markets that formalizes the derivative hedge … theory proposed by Cho and Engle (1999). The model shows that spot market illiquidity does not translate one-to-one to the …
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