Thick vs. Thin-Skinned : Technology, News, and Financial Market Reaction /

We study the impact of technology on the reaction of financial markets to information, focusing on the foreign exchange market. We contrast the 'thin-skinned' view that technological improvements cause markets to react more to new information with the 'thick-skinned' view that th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eichengreen, Barry
Other Authors: Lafarguette, Romain, Mehl, Arnaud
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2017/091
Online Access:Full text available on IMF