Using methods from machine learning we show that fundamentals from simple exchange rate models (PPP or UIRP) or Taylor-rule based models lead to improved exchange rate forecasts for major currencies over the floating period era 1973--2014 at a 1-month forecast horizon which beat the no-change...

French Abstract: La crise de la zone euro illustre les carences des mécanismes d'ajustements dans une union monétaire caractérisée par une forte hétérogénéité. Cette situation reflète un diagnostic simple. Au niveau de l'ensemble de la zone, l'euro est proche de son taux d'équilibre....

Tunisia has experienced a performance when pursuing a constant real exchange rate rule. The limitations of this rule are beginning to emerge in the context of a more open economy, which desire to relax capital controls. This paper estimates the equilibrium real exchange rate of the dinar vis...

The recent financial crisis raised awareness of the need for a framework for conducting macroprudential policy. Identifying as early as possible and addressing the buildup of endogenous imbalances, exogenous shocks, and contagion from financial markets, market infrastructures, and financial...

In this paper, we aim to test the empirical validity of the QTM relationship for the Turkish economy. Using some contemporaneous time series estimation techniques, our estimation results reveal that stationarity characteristics of the velocities of currency in circulation and the broad money...

Les marches derives ont connu une tres forte expansion ces dernieres annees. Une large variete d'options et de futures sont quotidiennement echanges sur indices boursiers, taux d'interet, obligations et devises. Ces marches, en traitant l'information disponible plus rapidement que les marches au...

High-speed market connections and information processing improve the ability to seize trading opportunities, raising gains from trade. They also enable fast traders to process information before slow traders, generating adverse selection, and thus negative externalities. When investing in...

French Abstract: A partir de données journalières de la Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM) sur une longue période (2009 à 2014), ce présent mémoire cherche à mesurer l’influence des variables caractérisant les volume et les volatilités sur les rendements de six actions...