• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.13 no.12
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• pp.369-378
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• 2013

The Korean Won-Dollar exchange markets showed radical price movements in the late 1990s and 2008. Therefore it provides good sources for studying volatility phenomena. Using the GARCH option models, I analysed how the prices of foreign exchange options react volatilities in the foreign exchange spot prices. For this I compared the explanatory power of three option models(Black and Scholes, Duan, Heston and Nandi), using the Won-Dollar OTC option markets data from 2006 to 2013. I estimated the parameters using MLE and calculated the mean square pricing errors. According to the my empirical studies, the pricing errors of Duan, Black and Scholes models are 0.1%. And the pricing errors of the Heston and Nandi model is greatest among the three models. So I would like to recommend using Duan or Black and Scholes model for hedging the foreign exchange risks. Finally, the historical average of spot volatilities is about 14%, so trading the options around 5% may lead to serious losses to sellers.

• The Korean Journal of Financial Management
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.231-253
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• 2004

We examine hedge strategies that use Won-dollar futures to hedge the price risk of the Won-dollar exchange rate. We employ the naive hedge model, minimum variance hedge model and bivariate ECT-ARCH(1) model as hedge instruments, and analyze their hedge performances. The sample period covers from January 2, 2001 to December 31, 2002 with sub-samples such as daily, weekly, bi-weekly prices of the Won-dollar futures and cash. The important findings may be summarized as follows. First, there is no significant difference in hedge ratio between the risk minimum variance model and bivariate ECT-ARCH(1) model that controls for the cointegration relationship of the Won-dollar futures and cash. Second, hedge performance of the naive model and minimum variance model with constant hedge ratios is not far behind that of bivariate ECT-ARCH(1) model with time-varying hedge ratios. This results imply that investors are encouraged to use the minimum variance hedge model to hedge Won-dollar exchange rate with Won-dollar futures. Third, hedge performance and effectiveness of each model is also analyzed with respect to hedge period appear to be greater over long than over the short period. This evidence supports the hypothesis that futures prices would have more time to respond to the greater cash price changes over the longer holding period, leading to an improved hedge performance.

• The Korean Journal of Financial Management
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.1-22
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• 2008

This study is to evaluate, to the extent to, which advanced currency futures and emerging currency futures markets can predict accurately the future spot rate. To this end, Johansen's the maximum-likelihood cointegration method(1988, 1991) is adopted to test the unbiasedness and efficiency hypothesis. Also, this study is to estimate and compare a quantitative measure of relative efficiency as a ratio of the forecast error variance from the best-fitting quasi-error correction model to the forecast error variance of the futures price as predictor of the spot price in advanced currency futures with in emerging currency futures market. Advanced currency futures is British pound and Japan yen. Emerging currency futures includes Korea won, Mexico peso, and Brazil real. The empirical results are summarized as follows : First, the unbiasedness hypothesis is not rejected for Korea won and Japan yen futures exchange rates. This indicates that the emerging currency Korea won and the advanced currency Japan yen futures exchange rates are likely to predict accurately realized spot exchange rate at a maturity date without the trader having to pay a risk premium for the privilege of trading the contract. Second, in emerging currency futures markets, the unbiasedness hypothesis is not rejected for Korea won futures market apart from Mexico peso and Brazil real futures markets. This indicates that in emerging currency futures markets, Korea won futures market is more efficient than Mexico peso and Brazil real futures markets and is likely to predict accurately realized spot exchange rate at a maturity date without risk premium. Third, this findings show that the results of unbiasedness hypothesis tests can provide conflicting finding. according to currency futures class and forecasts horizon period, Fourth, from the best-fitting quasi-error correction model with forecast horizons of 14 days, the findings suggest the Japan yen futures market is 27.06% efficient, the British pound futures market is 26.87% efficient, the Korea won futures market is 20.77% efficient, the Mexico peso futures market is 11.55%, and the Brazil real futures market is 4.45% efficient in the usual order. This indicates that the Korea won-dollar futures market is more efficient than Mexico peso, and Brazil real futures market. It is therefore possible to concludes that the Korea won-dollar currency futures market has relatively high efficiency comparing with Mexico peso and Brazil real futures markets of emerging currency futures markets.

• The Korean Journal of Financial Management
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.211-227
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• 2000

본 연구는 외환위기 이후 1998년 10월부터 2000년 3월까지의 일별 데이터를 사용하여 원/달러 역내시장과 역외시장간의 가격정보 이전에 관한 동조화여부를 실증분석 하였다. 원/달러 역내시장의 가격대용으로 원/달러 현물환율을 사용하였으며, 원/달러 역외시장의 가격대용으로 원/달러 역외선물환율인 NDF 1개월물을 사용하였다. 수익률이 중심이 된 기존의 많은 인과관계 연구들과는 달리 본 연구에서는 환율의 변화율에 대한 그랜져 인과관계 분석과 함께 이변량 GARCH모형을 이용하여 두 시장간에 있어서의 환율의 변화율과 변동성의 인과관계를 분석하였다. 그랜져 인과관계분석 결과 현물환율은 역외선물환율에 대해 강한 선도관계를 가지며 상대적으로 약하지만 역외선물환율 또한 현물환율에 대해 선도관계를 가지는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구에 사용된 이변량 GARCH모형은 AR(1)-GARCH(1,1)모형으로서 분식 결과를 보면 조건부 변동성이 두 시장간에 상호의존적이며 한 시장의 변화율충격이 다른 시장의 변동성에 영향을 미치는 것이 양 시장간에 유의적으로 나타났다. 이는 현물환시장의 거래정보가 역외선물환시장의 가격형성에 영향을 미치며 역외선물환시장 거래정보 또한 현물환시장으로 이전되어 원/달러 역내시장과 역외시장이 잘 동조화 되어 있다고 말할 수 있다. 즉 정보가 먼저 한 시장에 반영 된 후 다른 시장에 전달되는 정보의 일방 통행적 흐름이 아니라 정보의 반영이 두 시장에서 동시에 이루어지고 정보의 흐름이 양방향으로 이루어짐을 알 수 있다.