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Contango and Backwardation in Arbitrage-Free Futures-Markets

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  • Rau-Bredow, Hans

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This paper gives a short recapitulation of the constraints for forward and futures prices under the condition that no risk-free profits can be achieved through arbitrage activities.

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  • Rau-Bredow, Hans, 2022. "Contango and Backwardation in Arbitrage-Free Futures-Markets," MPRA Paper 111688, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    Contango; Backwardation; No-Arbitrage; Forwards and Futures;
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    JEL classification:

    • G13 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Contingent Pricing; Futures Pricing

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