Browsing Arbeidsnotater / Working Papers by Subject "exchange rates"

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    • Arbitrage in the Foreign Exchange Market: Turning on the Microscope 

      Akram, Q. Farooq; Rime, Dagfinn; Sarno, Lucio (Working Papers;12/2005, Working paper, 2005)
      This paper provides real-time evidence on the frequency, size and duration of arbitrage opportunities and deviations from the law of one price (LOP) in the foreign exchange market. We investigate deviations from the covered ...

    • Climate risk and commodity currencies 

      Kapfhammer, Felix; Larsen, Vegard H.; Thorsrud, Leif Anders (Working Paper;18/2020, Working paper, 2020)
      The positive relationship between real exchange rates and natural resource income is well understood and studied. However, climate change and the transition to a lower-carbon economy now challenges this relationship. We ...

    • Commodity Prices, Interest Rates and the Dollar 

      Akram, Q. Farooq (Working Papers;12/2008, Working paper, 2008)
      We investigate whether a decline in real interest rates and the US dollar contribute to higher commodity prices, and whether commodity prices tend to display overshooting behavior in response to changes in especially real ...

    • Do Central Banks Respond to Exchange Rate Movements? a Markov-Switching Structural Investigation 

      Alstadheim, Ragna; Bjørnland, Hilde C.; Maih, Junior (Working Papers;24/2013, Working paper, 2013)
      Do central banks respond to exchange rate movements? According to Lubik and Schorfheide (2007) who estimate structural general equilibrium models with monetary policy rules, the answer is "Yes, some do". However, their ...

    • Foreign Exchange Market Structure, Players and Evolution 

      King, Michael R.; Osler, Carol; Rime, Dagfinn (Working Papers;10/2011, Working paper, 2011)
      Electronic trading has transformed foreign exchange markets over the past decade, and the pace of innovation only accelerates. This formerly opaque market is now fairly transparent and transaction costs are only a fraction ...

    • Oil price drivers, geopolitical uncertainty and oil exporters’ currencies 

      Akram, Q. Farooq (Working Paper;15/2019, Working paper, 2019)
      Empirical relationships between crude oil prices and exchange rates of oil exporting countries tend to vary over time. I use econometric models of the norwegian and canadian nominal exchange rates to investigate whether ...

    • Policy Rules and External Shocks 

      Ball, Laurence (Working Papers;3/2001, Working paper, 2001)
      The decade since 1990 has been a period of innovation in monetary policy. Around the world, many countries have adopted inflation targeting as their basic policy framework. Different countries have tried different techniques ...

    • Price-setting in the foreign exchange swap market: Evidence from order flow 

      Syrstad, Olav; Viswanath-Natraj, Ganesh (Working Paper;16/2020, Working paper, 2020)
      This paper investigates price discovery in foreign exchange (FX) swaps. Using data on inter-dealer transactions, we find that a 1 standard deviation increase in order flow (i.e. net pressure to obtain USD through FX swaps) ...

    • The Market Microstructure Approach to Foreign Exchange: Looking Back and Looking Forward 

      King, Michael R.; Osler, Carol; Rime, Dagfinn (Working Papers;12/2013, Working paper, 2013)
      Research on foreign exchange market microstructure stresses the importance of order flow, heterogeneity among agents, and private information as crucial determinants of short-run exchange rate dynamics. Microstructure ...

    • Volume and Volatility in the FX Market: Does It Matter Who You Are? 

      Bjønnes, Geir Høidal; Rime, Dagfinn; Solheim, Haakon (Working Papers;7/2003, Working paper, 2003)
      The relationship between volume and volatility has received much attention in the literature on financial markets. However, due to the lack of data, few results have been presented for the foreign exchange (FX) market. ...