Preference-free optimal hedging using futures

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  • Vadhindran K. Rao
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This paper provides an alternative formulation and proof of the conditions under which optimal hedge ratios are independent of risk preference and points out that the conditions are satisfied by a wide class of models of spot and futures returns.  2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.

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تاریخ انتشار 1999