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Commentary about the article “The risk of asymmetric information about the liquidity of agricultural commodity futures contracts”

Published: May 22, 2023
Volume: 21
Keywords: Agricultural futures market Asymmetric information Liquidity

Authors

José César Cruz Júnior
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Daniel Henrique Dario Capitani
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Renato Moraes Silva
Centro Universitário Facens
Rodrigo Lanna Franco da Silveira
Unicamp

Abstract

In this note, we comment on the limitations and precautions required to analyze how liquidity relates to asymmetric information in agricultural futures markets. Our focus is on the methods used by Ribeiro et al. (2020, Brazilian Review of Finance 18(2)), “The risk of asymmetric information on the liquidity of agricultural commodity futures contracts,” in their investigation of the influence of information asymmetry on liquidity in the Brazilian agricultural futures markets.


How to cite

José César Cruz Júnior, Daniel Henrique Dario Capitani, Renato Moraes Silva, Rodrigo Lanna Franco da Silveira. Commentary about the article “The risk of asymmetric information about the liquidity of agricultural commodity futures contracts”. Brazilian Review of Finance, v. 21, n. 2, 2023. p. 101-111. DOI: 10.12660/rbfin.v21n2.2023.85980.