Index Futures Trading and Spot Price Volatility: Evidence from an Emerging Market

Journal of Emerging Market Finance

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-167

  Spyrou, Spyros I ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

emerging markets; Futures index trading; speculation; volatility

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007696257     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097265270500400203     Document Type: Article

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