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Price discovery and volatility transmission in Australian REIT cash and futures markets

    Ming-Te Lee Affiliation
    ; Shew-Huei Kuo Affiliation
    ; Ming-Long Lee Affiliation
    ; Chyi Lin Lee Affiliation

Abstract

This study examines the price discovery function and volatility spillovers in australian real estate investment trust (A-REIT) index futures and also investigates the effects of the global fi- nancial crisis (gfc) on these two features. as opposed to the general understanding of the relationship between the cash and the futures markets, the current study finds that the A-REIT cash market led the a-reIt futures market in price discovery and volatility transmission processes before the gfc. However, during the GFC, the two markets interacted bilaterally in terms of information flow, i.e., in- formation flowed in both directions. Furthermore, after the GFC, the futures market followed the cash market again, but less closely. These findings have broad implications for investors in property assets.

Keyword : REIT, GFC, futures, Price discovery,, Volatility transmission

How to Cite
Lee, M.-T., Kuo, S.-H., Lee, M.-L., & Lee, C. L. (2016). Price discovery and volatility transmission in Australian REIT cash and futures markets. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 20(2), 113-129. https://doi.org/10.3846/1648715X.2015.1106989
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