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Price Discovery in the German Index Derivatives Markets
Journal of Futures Markets (1999)
  • Yiuman Tse, University of Missouri-St. Louis
  • G. Geoffrey Booth, Saint Petersburg State University
  • Raymond So
Abstract
This article examines the intraday price discovery process among stock index, index futures, and index options in Germany using DAX index securities and intraday transactions data. The three index securities contribute to a common factor, but the spot index and index futures have substantially larger information shares than index options. Moreover, the returns of the three index securities exhibit feedback effects, with futures being dominant. Because the trading costs of the futures appear to be the lowest of the three and those of the options to be the highest, the results are consistent with the transaction cost hypothesis.
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Publication Date
1999
DOI
10.1002/(SICI)1096-9934(199909)19:6<619::AID-FUT1>3.0.CO;2-M
Citation Information
Yiuman Tse, G. Geoffrey Booth and Raymond So. "Price Discovery in the German Index Derivatives Markets" Journal of Futures Markets Vol. 19 (1999) p. 619 - 643
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/yiuman-tse/86/