Spot Market Volatility and Futures Trading: The Pitfalls of Using a Dummy Variable Approach

Martin T. Bohl, Jeanne Diesteldorf, Christian A. Salm and Bernd Wilfling

Journal of Futures Markets, 2016, vol. 36, issue 1, 30-45

Abstract: This study challenges the existing literature examining the impact of the introduction of index futures trading on the volatility of its underlying. To overcome econometric shortcomings of previously published work using the dummy variable approach, we employ a Markov‐switching‐GARCH technique. This approach endogenously identifies distinct volatility regimes rather than modeling an exogenously defined one‐step change in the volatility process. We investigate stock market volatility in France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Our empirical results indicate that index futures trading does neither stabilize nor destabilize the underlying spot market. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Jrl Fut Mark 36:30–45, 2016

Date: 2016
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