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We study high-frequency exchange rate movements over the sample 1993-2007. We document that the (Swiss) franc, euro, Japanese yen and the pound tend to appreciate against the U.S. dollar when (a) S&P has negative returns; (b) U.S. bond prices increase; and (c) when currency markets become more...
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This Paper proposes a structural time series model for the intra-day price dynamics of fragmented financial markets. We generalize the structural model of Hasbrouck (1993) to a multivariate setting. We discuss identification issues and propose a new measure for the contribution of each market to...
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and their implementation, payment systems and private market structures) and its implications for intraday volatility …, quoting activity, trading volume and bid-ask spreads in the overnight deposit segment. Volatility and spreads increase right … volatility and no signs of market power or adverse selection. Spreads and volatility were high at the end of the reserve …
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We discuss the use of event studies in macroeconomics and finance, arguing that many important macro-finance questions can only be answered using event studies with high-frequency financial market data. We provide a broad picture of the use of event studies, along with their limitations. As...
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The paper analyzes the integration of euro area sovereign bond markets during the European sovereign debt crisis. It tests for contagion (i.e., an intensification in the transmission of shocks across countries), fragmentation (a reduction in spillovers) and flight-to-quality patterns, exploiting...
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on the role of transaction costs for financial price volatility. For stock prices above French francs (FF) 500, the … volatility metric, we calculate 47,213 hourly volatility measures for all CAC40 stocks in the price range from FF 400 to FF 600 … and measure the volatility impact of the transaction cost increase at FF 500. We find that the median hourly range …
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We consider estimating volatility risk factors using large panels of filtered or realized volatilities. The data … structure involves three types of asymptotic expansions. There is the cross-section of volatility estimates at each point in … h of the data used to compute the volatility estimates which rely on data collected at increasing frequency, h ? 0: The …
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This paper provides a game theoretic model of price formation and order placement decisions in a dynamic limit order market. Investors can choose to post limit orders or to submit market orders. Limit orders result in better execution prices but face a risk of non-execution and a winner’s...
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We survey the literature analysing the price formation and trading process, and the consequences of market organization for price discovery and welfare. We develop a united perspective on theoretical, empirical and experimental approaches. We discuss the evidence on transaction costs and the...
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option is positive, informational efficiency is higher in the market for the stock, and volatility is lower. We argue that …
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