Interday Price Formation on the London Stock Exchange
Using transactions data from the London Stock Exchange, the paper estimates the extent to which market maker's prices are influenced by trades (order...
The Economics of Mass Privatization: Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary and Poland
This paper addresses the economics of mass privatization in Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungry and Poland; it provides a summary description of the...
Empirical Cross-Section Dynamics in Economic Growth
Traditional empirical strategies for studying convergence—more generally, the dynamics and determinants of economic growth—can be misleading if...
Theories of Intermediation – Implications for Regulation
This paper seeks to stimulate thought and discussion regarding the future of regulation and the evolution of the financial sector. This first part...
The Interaction between the Frequency of Market Quotations, Spread and Volatility in the Foreign Exchange Market
This paper investigates the empirical relationship between volatility, average spread, and number of quotations in the foreign exchange spot market...
Learning and Economic Fluctuations: Using Fiscal Policy to Steer Expectations
This paper combines three strands of recent work in theoretical macroeconomics: (i) general equilibrium models with "sunspot solutions", i.e...
Transparency and Liquidity: A Comparison of Auction And Dealer Markets with Informed Trading
It is often argued that greater transparency of the trading process enhances market liquidity by reducing the opportunities for taking advantage of...
The Arbitrage Pricing Theory and Mutlifactor Models of Asset Returns
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Monetary Policy in England 1893-1914: A Structural VAR Analysis
This paper investigates the link between external monetary disturbances and the domestic economy in England during the great period of the Gold...
Capital Structure as a Bargaining Tool: The Role of High Leverage in Contract Renegotiation
This paper presents a strategic model of temporary leverage. When repayment of senior debt relies upon future investment, shareholders may credibly...
When Support/Resistance Levels are Broken, Can Profits Be Made? Evidence From the Foreign Exchange Market
We investigate on three exchange rate series the profitability of signals generated by the breaking of levels of support and resistance identified and...
No Evidence of Chaos But Some Evidence of Multifractals in the Foreign Exchange and the Stock Markets
Chaos theory is an exciting new development. The modelling of non-linear deterministic mathematical system can help to explain events in several...
An Em-Based Algorithm For Conditionally Heteroskedastic Factor Models
We present a feasible estimation method for maximum likelihood estimation of factor models in which the common factors are subject to ARCH-type...