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A note on asymmetric stochastic volatility and futures hedging
Author(s) -
Lien Donald
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of futures markets
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.88
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1096-9934
pISSN - 0270-7314
DOI - 10.1002/fut.20158
Subject(s) - futures contract , asymmetry , economics , volatility (finance) , econometrics , autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity , financial economics , physics , quantum mechanics
This note incorporates asymmetric responses to good and bad news within a stochastic volatility framework. It is shown that the asymmetry leads to a greater average optimal hedge ratio. Moreover, the ratio increases with increasing degree of asymmetry. On the other hand, asymmetry has no impact on the hedging performance. The result is consistent with the empirical finding of Brooks, Henry, and Persand (2002) where GARCH models are employed. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Jrl Fut Mark 25:607–612, 2005
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