Models of Futures Markets

Barry A. Goss is Reader in Economics at Monash University, Australia, and the editor of this volume. He is widely published in the field of futures markets, co-edited the Economic Record Special Issue on Futures Markets 1992, and wrote the feasibility study for the establishment of the Hong Kong Futures Exchange.

• Editor's Introduction: Welfare, Rationality and Integrity in Futures Markets Barry A. Goss 1. The Benefits of Futures Trading Derek Francis 2. The Development of Commodity Future Exchanges in Kazakhstan and China: Evidence on their Role in Market Development Anne E. Peck 3. A Simultaneous Model of the US Dollar/Deutschmark Spot and Futures Markets Barry A Gossy and Gulay Avsar 4. Noise Trader Sentiment in Futures Markets Dwight Sanders, Scott H Irwin and Raymond M Leuthold 5. Microanalytics of Price Volatility in Futures Markets A G Malliaris and Jerome L Stein 6. The Integrity of Futures Markets: The Impact of Price Limits on Futures Prices Anthony D Hall, Paul Kofman and Anthony Siouclis

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