G1 - General Financial Markets

• The Impact of Common Currencies on Financial Markets: A Literature Review and Evidence from the Euro Area

  Staff Working Paper 2002-35 Liliane Karlinger

  This paper reviews both the theoretical and empirical literature on the impact of common currencies on financial markets and evaluates the first three years of experience with Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Exchange rate regimes, Financial markets JEL Code(s): E, E4, E44, F, F2, F21, F3, F36, G, G1, G15

• How Do Canadian Banks That Deal in Foreign Exchange Hedge Their Exposure to Risk?

  Staff Working Paper 2002-34 Chris D'Souza

  This paper examines the daily hedging and risk-management practices of financial intermediaries in the Canadian foreign exchange (FX) market.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial institutions, Financial markets, Market structure and pricing JEL Code(s): F, F3, F31, G, G1, G14, G2, G21

• Alternative Trading Systems: Does One Shoe Fit All?

  Staff Working Paper 2002-33 Nicolas Audet, Toni Gravelle, Jing Yang

  This paper examines the factors that lead liquidity-motivated investors to choose the type of market structure they prefer.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial markets JEL Code(s): G, G1, G10, G14, G18