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Article: Liquidity constraints and the hedging role of futures spreads

TitleLiquidity constraints and the hedging role of futures spreads
Authors
Issue Date2004
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0270-7314/
Citation
Journal Of Futures Markets, 2004, v. 24 n. 10, p. 909-921 How to Cite?
AbstractThis paper examines the behavior of the competitive firm under price uncertainty in general and the hedging role of futures spreads in particular. The firm has access to a commodity futures market where unbiased nearby and distant futures contracts are transacted. A liquidity constraint is imposed on the firm such that the firm is forced to prematurely close its distant futures position whenever the net interim loss due to its nearby and distant futures positions exceeds a threshold level. This paper shows that the liquidity constrained firm optimally opts for a long nearby futures position and a short distant futures position should the firm be prudent, thereby rendering the optimality of using futures spreads for hedging purposes. This paper further shows that the firm's production decision is adversely affected by the presence of the liquidity constraint. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/85647
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2023 Impact Factor: 1.8
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.672
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dc.identifier.issn0270-7314en_HK
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dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the behavior of the competitive firm under price uncertainty in general and the hedging role of futures spreads in particular. The firm has access to a commodity futures market where unbiased nearby and distant futures contracts are transacted. A liquidity constraint is imposed on the firm such that the firm is forced to prematurely close its distant futures position whenever the net interim loss due to its nearby and distant futures positions exceeds a threshold level. This paper shows that the liquidity constrained firm optimally opts for a long nearby futures position and a short distant futures position should the firm be prudent, thereby rendering the optimality of using futures spreads for hedging purposes. This paper further shows that the firm's production decision is adversely affected by the presence of the liquidity constraint. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
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dc.titleLiquidity constraints and the hedging role of futures spreadsen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailWong, KP: kpwongc@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1002/fut.20121en_HK
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