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Haskel, Jonathan; Wolf, Holger C. - 2001

We use retail transaction prices for a multinational retailer to examine the extent and permanence of violations of the law of one price (LOOP). For identical products, we find typical deviations of twenty to fifty percent, though there is muted evidence for convergence over time. Such...

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Automating exchange rate target zones : intervention via an electronic limit order book

Melvin, Michael (contributor); Menkhoff, Lukas (contributor) - 2008

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On remittances, foreign currency exposure and credit constraints : evidence from Nepal

Maskay, Nephil Matangi; Steinkamp, Sven; Westermann, Frank - 2014

In this paper, we investigate whether foreign currency accounts help overcome credit constraints in developing countries. We analyze a novel bank-level data set from Nepal, where a steady inflow of remittances has contributed to foreign currency deposits on commercial bank balance sheets. In...

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Market integration as a mechanism of growth

Keller, Wolfgang; Shiue, Carol H. - 2016

In what sense are institutions a deep determinant of growth? In this paper, we address this question by examining the relationship between city growth and institutional reform in 19th century Germany, when some cities experienced deep institutional reform as a result of French rule. Employing an...

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Is medicines parallel trade "regulatory arbitrage"?

Costa-Font, Joan - 2015

medicines conflicts with traditional sources of arbitrage (e.g., price and income differences) and instead is a form of … ‘regulatory arbitrage’ that does not produce equivalent welfare effects. We draw upon a unique dataset that contains records of … regulation, and not by price differences in line with the hypothesis of "regulatory arbitrage". …

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Does marketing widen borders? : cross-country price dispersion in the European car market

Dvir, Eyal; Strasser, Georg - 2017 - This version: May 2017

convergence before the actual reduction of barriers to arbitrage and the systematic international price differentiation by product …

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Arbitrage and beliefs

Khorrami, Paymon; Zentefis, Alexander K. - 2020

exists, arbitrage opportunities must also exist. Conversely, at times when arbitrage profits exist, asset markets are … susceptible to self-fulfilling fluctuations. The tight theoretical connection between price volatility and arbitrage is detectable …

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Bank of England interest rate announcements and the foreign exchange market

Melvin, Michael; Saborowski, Christian; Sager, Michael; … - 2009

Since 1997, the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has met monthly to set the UK policy interest rate. We examine evidence of systematic patterns in exchange rate movements on MPC days over the first decade of operation of the MPC. Daily data reveal significant differences in...

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Exchange rate forecasters' performance : evidence of skill?

McDonald, Ronald H.; Menkhoff, Lukas; Rebitzky, Rafael R. - 2009

This paper sheds new light on a long-standing puzzle in the international finance literature, namely, that exchange rate expectations appear inaccurate and even irrational. We find for a comprehensive dataset that individual forecasters' performance is skill-based. 'Superior' forecasters show...

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'Large' vs. 'small' players : a closer look at the dynamics of speculative attacks

Bjønnes, Geir H.; Holden, Steinar; Rime, Dagfinn; … - 2009

What is the role of large playersʺ like hedge funds and other highly leveraged institutions in speculative attacks? In recent theoretical work, large players may induce an attack by an early move, providing information to smaller agents. In contrast, many observers argue that large players are...

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