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Journal of Banking & Finance Vol. 42 2014

Catalysts for price discovery in the European Union Emissions Trading System

Emma Schultz; John Swieringa

Australian National University

Abstract

We provide the first evidence on catalysts for price discovery in the European Union Emissions Trading System. Specifically, by employing high frequency data across a wide range of fungible securities, we find that trading costs are a more important determinant of price discovery than either the implicit provision of leverage in securities such as futures and options or the existence of market segmentation. Moreover, securities with low trading costs display greater price discovery than those with high trading costs.

DOI
10.1016/j.jbankfin.2014.01.012
Volume
42
Pages
112-122
Language
en
Sources
openalex crossref bibtex:phds-export.bib

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