We develop intuitive expressions for the spread between a forwardcontract and a similar futures contract taking into account the pos-sibility of counterparty default. We evaluate these expressions nu-merically and show that the forward-futures spread is significant forrealistic parameter...

The price process in a financial market is driven by demand and supply. Statistical analyses have shown that price “feeds back” on future demand and supply. To date, few testable models have been proposed that offer an economic explanation for this relationship. In this paper, we investigate a...

Like many financial contracts, derivatives are subject to default risk. A very popular mechanism in derivatives markets to mitigate the risk of non-performance on contracts is margining. By attaching collateral to a contract, margining supposedly reduces default risk. The broader impacts of the...

We investigate the effects of margining, a widely-used mechanism to attach collateral to derivatives contracts, on derivatives' trading volume, default risk, and on the welfare in the banking sector. First, we develop a stylized banking sector equilibrium model to derive a set of testable...

We investigate the effects of margining, a widely-used mechanism to attach collateral to derivatives contracts, on derivatives' trading volume, default risk, and on the welfare in the banking sector. First, we develop a stylized banking sector equilibrium model to derive a set of testable...