In practice, when a supplier is confronted with extreme completion in markets, unanticipated surplus in inventory, or change in the production run of a product, he/she may offer a special price discount to motivate buyers to order a special quantity. The purpose of the present paper is to...

Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to compute the appropriate margin level for the stock index futures traded on the Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) and, then, to examine the appropriateness of the real margin requirement set by the TAIFEX. Design/methodology/approach - This paper...