This paper analyses the role of investor sentiment in the contemporaneous dynamics of spot and futures markets and in volatility spillovers between them. To explore this issue, we analyse spot and futures markets on stock market indexes in different countries: the S&P500 for the US, and a...

This article reports on an issue hitherto unexplored in the literature, namely, the 'new shares' price setting during the subscription period. We report evidence of a spread between the old stock price and the value of new shares obtained through subscription. A framework is developed within...

In line with the transactions cost theory, this article shows that the futures market with its higher liquidity and lower transactions costs, leads the options market in the price discovery process. Liquidity and transaction costs are also shown to play a key role in market sensitivity to...