Informational linkages across trading regions: Evidence from foreign exchange markets

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of International Money and Finance
Year: 2008
Volume: 27
Issue: 8
Pages: 1215-1243

Authors (3)

Cai, Fang (not in RePEc) Howorka, Edward (not in RePEc) Wongswan, Jon (Puey Ungphakorn Institute for ...)

Score contribution per author:

0.670 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Using a new high-frequency data set from Electronic Broking Services (EBS), this paper examines informational linkages in the euro-dollar and dollar-yen exchange rates across five trading regions: Asia Pacific, the Asia-Europe overlap, Europe, the Europe-America overlap, and America. Information is proxied by exchange rate return, direction of return, volatility, trading activity, and order flow. We find that informational linkages are statistically significant at both own-region and inter-region levels, but own-region spillovers dominate in economic significance, especially for volatility and trading activity. In addition, order flow spillovers from the Europe-America overlap trading region are the most important source of spillovers to other trading regions for both currency pairs.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jimfin:v:27:y:2008:i:8:p:1215-1243
Journal Field
International
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-29