In perfectly frictionless and rational markets, spot markets and futures markets should simultaneously reflect new information. However, due to market imperfections, one of these markets may reflect information faster than the other and therefore may lead to the other. This study examines the...

For the first time in the Turkish stock market, the width of the zero arbitrage band for BIST 30 stock index arbitrage is measured and decomposed into distinct contributions arising from commissions, fees, bid/offer spreads and stock loan costs. This study also extends the literature of stock...

This paper adopts a new approach called DECO-FIAPARCH model for estimating the optimal hedge ratio (HR) in Turkish Stock Index Futures market in the presence of asymmetry and long memory. The study covers the period from May 3, 2005 until April 4, 2019, total of 3,508 daily observations. The...