Speculation Spillover

  • 详情 Speculation Spillover
    This paper investigates the volatility and turnover effects of underlying stocks associated with the introduction of warrants in China’s warrants market. We find that in a derivative market where noise traders dominate, the introduction of warrants increases the underlying stock’s volatility, which cannot be attributed to better information revelation. We also find that speculation on derivatives has a spillover effect on the underlying security. Higher volatility and turnover rate of underlying stocks are associated with higher warrants turnover, larger warrants price deviation from theoretical prices, and longer time to maturity of warrants. Additionally, we find that stocks with covered warrants have higher volatility and turnover than those with only equity warrants. Our paper provides new evidence for the impact of derivatives on underlying assets in the emerging market context.