scholarly journals Analysis of Optimal Hedging Ratio of Copper Futures Based on ECM Model

Author(s):  
Qing CAO
2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 123 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. LIU ◽  
K. PIETOLA

This paper estimates optimal hedging ratios for a Finnish spring wheat producer under price and yield uncertainty. The contract available for hedging fixes the price and quantity at the time of sowing for a delivery at harvest. Autoregressive models are used to obtain point forecasts for the conditional mean price and price volatility at harvest. Expected yield and yield volatility are estimated from the field experiment data. A range of coefficients of absolute risk aversion are used in the computations. The results suggest that yield volatility is large and it dominates the price volatility in the optimal hedging decisions of the Finnish wheat producers. The point estimate for the price and yield correlation is negative and has a large magnitude. Thus, a negative correlation between the price and the yield, as signalled by the point estimate, will decrease the optimal hedging ratio since the Finnish farmers do not have access to selling put options when they enter in a forward contract.;


2009 ◽  
Vol 29 (9) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Long-bin ZHANG ◽  
Chun-feng WANG ◽  
Zhen-ming FANG

1987 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 443-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul E. Peterson ◽  
Raymond M. Leuthold

Stochastics ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stéphane Goutte ◽  
Nadia Oudjane ◽  
Francesco Russo

1989 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Da-Hsiang Donald Lien

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