VolNoJournalofLiaoningTechnicalUniversitySocialScienceEditionMarVARFAXEmpiricalanalysisofthepricediscoveryfunctionoftheHangsengindexfuturesmarketHUADaweiCHENZhuoWUMinCollegeofArtsandLawNortheasternUniversityShenyangChinaAbstractToanalyzethefunctionoftheHangsengindexfuturesmarketVARmodelisusedtochecktherelationshipbetweenfuturesandspotTheresultsshowthatthepricediscoveringfunctionduringthesubloanissignificantwhichisdifferentfromtheonebeforethesubloanTheperformanceoftheHangsengindexfuturesmarketmaybeusefulforthedevelopmentofChineseAstockindexfuturesKeywordshangsengindexfutureshangsengstockindexpricediscoveryS&PGrangerVARlnFtFtkiilnFtiFtikiilnStiStitlnStStkiilnStiStikiilnFtiFtitFSlnFtFtlnStStKVARlnFtFtlnStStGrangerTabgrangercausalittestresultsbeforethesubprimecrisisKjKKÖKŒKWlnStStlnFtFtFã™O»lnFtFtlnStStFã™O»TabgrangercausalittestresultsbeforethesubprimecrisisKjKKÖKŒKWlnStStlnFtFtFã™O»lnFtFtlnStStFã™EOEE»ElnFtFtlnStStVARlnFtFtlnStStlnFtFtFigimpulseresponsefunctiondiagrambeforethesubprimecrisisEngleNgARCHEGARCHEGARCHlntlntttttttttFigimpulseresponsefunctiondiagramafterthesubprimecrisisFigasymmetricinformationcurveoftheHangsengindexfuturesmarketafterthesubprimecrisistARCHARCHARCHEGARCHlntlntttttEGARCHEViewsMEviewsMJ