ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The importance of market microstructure in determining the success of a bond market inallocating financial resources depends on the degree to which the microstructure elements likeliquidity, efficiency and volatility have been designed to determine the proper price at...

This dissertation studies two issues in empirical analysis of financial markets: The herd behavior in global markets and illiquidity as a risk factor to predict excess stock returns in international markets. These issues are structured into two essays.Essay #1 examines investors’ herding...

At the end of World War II, the United States emerged as a world leader, putting into place international institutions based on its own liberal economic philosophy. Since then, the world has witnessed an increasing interconnectedness among states, with economic relationships continually blurring...

We study the impact of outright (i.e., permanent) Open Market Operations (POMOs) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) on the microstructure of the secondary U.S. Treasury market. POMOs are trades in U.S. Treasury securities aimed at accomplishing the Federal Reserve’s target level...

The financial crisis of 2007-2008 led to extraordinary government intervention in firms and markets. The scope and depth of government action rivaled that of the Great Depression. Many traded markets experienced dramatic declines in liquidity leading to the existence of conditions normally...