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The empirical performance of macroeconomic exchange rate models is more than disappointing. This dismal result is also reflected in the forecasting capabilities of professional analysts: all in all, analysts are not in a position to beat naïve random walk forecasts. The root for this deficient...
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commensurate with their risk aversion; more risk-averse individuals pick lower-volatility stocks. The investors' portfolio …The preferred risk habitat hypothesis, introduced here, is that individual investors select stocks with volatilities … consistent with the predictions of the hypothesis: the portfolios contain highly similar stocks in terms of volatility, when …
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This paper derives arbitrage trading strategies taking into account the fact that the actions of arbitrageurs impact prices. This avoids the difficulty of having to rely on exogenous position limits to prevent infinite arbitrage profits. When arbitrageurs are financially constrained their...
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This paper examines the extent to which individual investors provide liquidity to the stock market, and whether they … predict short-term future returns is significantly enhanced during times of market stress, when market liquidity provisions … uncertainty. Despite this high aggregate performance, individual investors do not reap the rewards from liquidity provision …
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We study the relation between liquidity in financial markets and post-trading fees (i.e. clearing and settlement fees … observed liquidity in the market. The second fee structure features a CSD breaking even by charging the internalized and non …-broker counterparties only. This difference in post-trading fees drives traders strategies and thus liquidity. Furthermore, across the two …
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value of another related asset due to information arrival. These opportunities are toxic because they expose liquidity … suppliers to the risk of being picked off by arbitrageurs. Hence, more frequent toxic arbitrage opportunities and a faster … arbitrageurs' response to these opportunities impair liquidity. We find support for these predictions using high frequency …
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We model systemic risk in an interbank market. Banks face liquidity needs as consumers are uncertain about where they … need to consume. Interbank credit lines allow banks to cope with these liquidity shocks while reducing the cost of …
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We analyse the effect of concealing limit order traders’ identities on market liquidity. We develop a model in which … cost of liquidity provision were large when indeed it is small. This bluffing strategy is less effective when traders … anonymous market. For this reason, concealing limit order traders’ IDs affects market liquidity in our model. We test this …
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regulation of competition between liquidity suppliers or exchanges. …
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This Paper solves explicitly a simple equilibrium asset pricing model with liquidity risk – the risk arising from … various channels through which liquidity risk may affect asset prices. Our empirical results shed light on the total and … unpredictable changes in liquidity over time. In our liquidity-adjusted capital asset pricing model, a security’s required return …
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