Forward Freight Agreements and Market Transparency in the Capesize Sector

We investigate the connection between the trading of Forward Freight Agreements (FFAs) and its microstructure effects in the volatility of the spot freight market in the Capesize dry-bulk sector of oceangoing vessels. Conditional volatility models are used to capture the volatility effects in the fr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Theodore Pelagidis, George Panagiotopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-09-01
Series:Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2092521219300471