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Arbitrage in foreign exchange markets within the context of a transactional algebra
Apreda, Rodolfo - 2005
This paper sets forth the foundations for a transactional approach for the performance of arbitrage in foreign exchange markets. Firstly, we review both the standard model of financial arbitrage and the so-called covered-interest arbitrage environment, and we also lay bare striking shortcomings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323288
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Routes to Equity Market Integration - The Interplay between Politicians, Investors and Managers
Oxelheim, Lars - 2000
Most econometric studies of equity market integration suggest that national markets are increasingly becoming part of a global equity market. As regards the extent of this integration, however, the results are often inconclusive. Further analysis calls for a closer scrutiny of the basic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334944
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Home bias in global bond and equity markets: the role of real exchange rate volatility
Fidora, Michael; Fratzscher, Marcel; Thimann, Christian - 2006
This paper focuses on the role of real exchange rate volatility as a driver of portfolio home bias, and in particular as an explanation for differences in home bias across financial assets. We present a Markowitz-type portfolio selection model in which real exchange rate volatility induces a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604731
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International equity flows and returns
Albuquerque, Rui; Bauer, Gregory H.; Schneider, Martin - 2004
This paper considers the role of foreign investors in developed-country equity markets. It presents a quantitative model of trading that is built around two new assumptions: (i) both the foreign and domestic investor populations contain investors of different sophistication, and (ii) investor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009636533
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Correlation Analysis of Financial Contagion: What One Should Know Before Running a Test
Corsetti, Giancarlo; Pericoli, Marcello; Sbracia, Massimo - 2001
This paper builds a general test of contagion in financial markets based on bivariate correlation analysis - a test … that can be interpreted as an extension of the normal correlation theorem. Contagion is defined as a structural break in … contagion is successful in controlling for a potential bias induced by changes in the variance of global shocks, current tests …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369183
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The puzzling evolution of the home bias, information processing and financial openness
Mondria, Jordi; Wu, Thomas - 2007
This paper presents a rational expectations model of asset prices with rationally inattentive investors that, unlike previous papers, explains both the substantial amount of equity wealth invested domestically and the puzzling time series behavior of the home bias - an initial plateau before...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285303
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The puzzling evolution of the home bias, information processing and financial openness
Mondria, Jordi; Wu, Thomas Yen Hon - 2007
This paper presents a rational expectations model of asset prices with rationally inattentive investors that, unlike previous papers, explains both the substantial amount of equity wealth invested domestically and the puzzling time series behavior of the home bias - an initial plateau before...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003855480
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The monetary exchange rate model as a long-run phenomenon
Groen, Jan J. J. - 1998
Pure time series-based tests fail to find empirical support formonetary exchange rate models. In this paper we apply pooled timeseries estimation on a forward-looking monetary model, resulting inparameter estimates which are in compliance with the underlyingtheory. Based on a panel version of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011299983
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Exchange risk and market integration
Chaieb, Ines; Errunza, Vihang R. - 2014
Market integration and currency risk are two main factors that distinguish international investment and financing decisions. Hence, we investigate the impact of currency factor on the dynamics of market integration. We compare integration indices estimated from conditional international asset...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337959
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Financial Markets and Cap-and-Trade System in a General Equilibrium Model
Shibanov, Oleg - 2011
In this paper, I study the impact of a global cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emissions on financial markets. The analysis is conducted using a general equilibrium production economy with two countries. One of the countries (developed country) introduces the system from the very...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128374