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Hedge Ratios in South African Stock Index Futures

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  • Stavros Degiannakis

    (Stavros Degiannakis, Department of Economics, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth Business School, Portsmouth, Portland Street, PO1 3DE, United Kingdom.)

  • Christos Floros

    (Christos Floros (corresponding author), Department of Economics, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth Business School, Portsmouth, Portland Street, PO1 3DE, United Kingdom. E-mail: Christos.Floros@port.ac.uk)

Abstract

This article examines hedging in South African stock index futures market. The hedge ratios are estimated by six econometric techniques: the standard OLS regression, simple and vector error correction models, the ECM with generalised autoregressive heteroskedasticity (GARCH), as well as time-varying CCC-ARCH and Diag-BEKK ARCH models. The empirical results show that the ECM-GARCH model (capturing volatility clustering) provides best hedging ratios, while CCC-ARCH is superior to OLS, ECM and VECM. We conclude that there is not a unique model specification for measuring hedge ratios. For each market (emerging and mature), a model’s comparative analysis must be conducted in order to extract the best performing model.

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  • Stavros Degiannakis & Christos Floros, 2010. "Hedge Ratios in South African Stock Index Futures," Journal of Emerging Market Finance, Institute for Financial Management and Research, vol. 9(3), pages 285-304, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:emffin:v:9:y:2010:i:3:p:285-304
    DOI: 10.1177/097265271000900302
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    Keywords

    JEL Classification: G13; JEL Classification: G15; Hedging; hedge ratio; futures; SAFEX; OLS; ECM; VECM; GARCH;
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    JEL classification:

    • C32 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models
    • G13 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Contingent Pricing; Futures Pricing
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets

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