Convenience Yield Value of International Emission Allowance Based on Call Options

Abstract EN

Convenience yield is call options; spot holders attain excess investment revenues through holding spot assets instituted futures assets.

Based on the hypothesis of convenience yields, our empirical results show that monthly convenience yield of emission allowance has significant options feature; convenience yield has strong correlation with price spread between spot and futures and their price volatility.

The market information set is helpful to adjust portfolio policy and improve portfolio investment revenues of emission allowances.