Were Bid-Ask Spreads in the Foreign Exchange Market Excessive During the Asian Crisis? /

Bid-ask spreads for Asian emerging market currencies increased sharply during the Asian crisis. A key question is whether such wide spreads were excessive or explained by models of bid-ask spreads. Precrisis estimates of standard models show that spreads during the crisis were in most cases tighter...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Becker, Torbjorn
Other Authors: Sy, Amadou
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2005/034
Online Access:Full text available on IMF

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