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A Critique of Minimum Variance Hedging

Jonathan Dark (Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash University)

Accounting Research Journal

ISSN: 1030-9616

Article publication date: 1 July 2005

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Abstract

This paper provides a critique of minimum variance hedging using futures. The paper develops the conventional minimum variance hedge ratio (MVHR) and discusses its estimation. A review of the wide variety of alternative methods used to construct MVHRs is then performed. These methods highlight many of the potential limitations in the conventional framework. The paper argues that the literature should focus more on the assumptions underlying the conventional MVHR, rather than improving the techniques used to estimate the conventional MVHR.

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Dark, J. (2005), "A Critique of Minimum Variance Hedging", Accounting Research Journal, Vol. 18 No. 1, pp. 40-49. https://doi.org/10.1108/10309610580000674

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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