We design an adaptive framework for the detection of illegal trading behavior. Its keycomponent is an extension of a pattern recognition tool, originating from the field of signalprocessing and adapted to modern electronic systems of securities trading. The new methodcombines the flexibility of...

Our study is the first to examine the pricing effect of U.S. trade policy uncertainty (TPU) on Chinese stocks. We estimate the U.S. TPU beta, which measures Chinese stock exposure to the U.S. TPU index. Both portfolio analyses and cross-sectional regressions suggest a significantly negative...

We estimate the relative signal jump variance (RSJV) as the difference between the realized positive half-variance and negative half-variance divided by the realized variance using high-frequency intraday data and investigate its role in the cross-sectional pricing in the Chinese stock market....

This short essay, which appeared in a Lithuanian law review, analyzes how consequences of information policies in smaller developing countries relate to their success or failure in attracting foreign investment capital. The central purpose of this work is to encourage government officials,...

This paper examines the potential profit of bull flag trading rules in the Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index (SSE) using a template matching technique based on price pattern recognition. This paper fills a gap in the literature by applying a template matching technique for the recognition...

We study the effects of a price transparency shock in the Brazilian OTC equity lending market. Previously, a publicly available stock-specific loan fee benchmark was the average fee of the past 15 trading days. On March 1, 2011, this interval was reduced to 3 days, significantly improving...

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the effectiveness of foreign exchange (FX) intervention in Peru, with emphasis on the intervention carried out through derivative instruments. I use two different but related approaches to estimate the impact of these kind of interventions between...

We examine the impact of increasing competition among the fastest traders by analyzing a new low-latency microwave network connecting exchanges trading the same stocks. Using a difference-in-differences approach comparing German stocks with similar French stocks, we find improved market...

We examine the impact of increasing competition among the fastest traders by analyzing a new low-latency microwave network connecting exchanges trading the same stocks. Using a difference-in-differences approach comparing German stocks with similar French stocks, we find improved market...