The Effect of Initial Margin on Long-run and Short-run Volatilities in Japan

This paper examines the effect of initial margin requirements on long-run and short-run volatilities in the Japanese stock market using the Component GARCH model. Our empirical results show that when we do not divide the margin requirement into positive and negative changes, increasing margin requir...

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Main Authors: Sangbae Kim, Taehun Jung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korea Institute for International Economic Policy 2013-09-01
Series:East Asian Economic Review
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.11644/KIEP.JEAI.2013.17.3.268