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Price Limits and Margin Requirements in Futures Markets

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  • Haiwei Chen

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This paper investigates the hypothesis that futures exchanges could use daily price limits as a substitute for higher margin requirements. The empirical results show that the size of margin is negatively correlated with the presence of price limits. Evidence points to the portfolio adjustment costs theory as an explanation of the benefits from price limits. The empirical results cast doubt on the notion that price limits should be abolished. The results also confirm that exchanges have set margin requirements according to economic theories.

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  • Haiwei Chen, 2002. "Price Limits and Margin Requirements in Futures Markets," The Financial Review, Eastern Finance Association, vol. 37(1), pages 105-121, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:finrev:v:37:y:2002:i:1:p:105-121
    DOI: 10.1111/1540-6288.00007
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    1. Tibor Neugebauer & Sascha Füllbrunn, 2013. "Deflating Bubbles in Experimental Asset Markets: Comparative Statics of Margin Regulations," LSF Research Working Paper Series 13-14, Luxembourg School of Finance, University of Luxembourg.
    2. Henke, Harald & Voronkova, Svitlana, 2005. "Price limits on a call auction market: Evidence from the Warsaw Stock Exchange," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 14(4), pages 439-453.
    3. Chakrapani Chaturvedula & Nikhil Rastogi, 2018. "The Effectiveness of Price Bands on Emerging Markets: Evidence from India," Accounting and Finance Research, Sciedu Press, vol. 7(4), pages 195-195, November.
    4. Sascha Füllbrunn & Tibor Neugebauer, 2012. "Margin Trading Bans in Experimental Asset Markets," Jena Economics Research Papers 2012-058, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
    5. Mai Ahmed Abdelzaher & Khairy Elgiziry, 2017. "The Effect of Daily Stock Price Limits on the Investment Risk: Evidence from the Egyptian Stock Market," Accounting and Finance Research, Sciedu Press, vol. 6(4), pages 1-1, Novebmer.
    6. Boyd, Naomi E. & Harris, Jeffrey H. & Li, Bingxin, 2018. "An update on speculation and financialization in commodity markets," Journal of Commodity Markets, Elsevier, vol. 10(C), pages 91-104.

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