International Financial Integration through the Law of One Price : The Role of Liquidity and Capital Controls

This paper takes advantage of the fact that some stocks trade both in domestic and international markets to characterize the degree of international financial integration. The paper argues that the cross-market premium (the ratio between the domestic and the international market price of cross-liste...

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Main Authors: Levy Yeyati, Eduardo, Schmukler, Sergio L., Van Horen, Neeltje
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Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4683
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spelling okr-10986-46832021-04-23T14:02:19Z International Financial Integration through the Law of One Price : The Role of Liquidity and Capital Controls Levy Yeyati, Eduardo Schmukler, Sergio L. Van Horen, Neeltje Current Account Adjustment Short-term Capital Movements F320 International Financial Markets G150 General Financial Markets: Government Policy and Regulation G180 Economic Development: Financial Markets Saving and Capital Investment Corporate Finance and Governance O160 Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Financial Economics P340 This paper takes advantage of the fact that some stocks trade both in domestic and international markets to characterize the degree of international financial integration. The paper argues that the cross-market premium (the ratio between the domestic and the international market price of cross-listed stocks) provides a valuable measure of international financial integration and the effectiveness of capital controls. Using autoregressive (AR) models to estimate convergence speeds and non-linear threshold autoregressive (TAR) models to identify non-arbitrage bands, the paper shows that price deviations across markets are rapidly arbitraged away and bands are narrow, particularly so for liquid stocks. The paper also shows that regulations on cross-border capital flows effectively segment domestic markets. As expected, the effects of both types of capital controls are asymmetric but in the opposite direction: controls on outflows induce positive premia, while controls on inflows generate negative premia. Both vary with the intensity of capital controls. 2012-03-30T07:29:13Z 2012-03-30T07:29:13Z 2009 Journal Article Journal of Financial Intermediation 10429573 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4683 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Journal Article
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topic Current Account Adjustment
Short-term Capital Movements F320
International Financial Markets G150
General Financial Markets: Government Policy and Regulation G180
Economic Development: Financial Markets
Saving and Capital Investment
Corporate Finance and Governance O160
Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Financial Economics P340
spellingShingle Current Account Adjustment
Short-term Capital Movements F320
International Financial Markets G150
General Financial Markets: Government Policy and Regulation G180
Economic Development: Financial Markets
Saving and Capital Investment
Corporate Finance and Governance O160
Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Financial Economics P340
Levy Yeyati, Eduardo
Schmukler, Sergio L.
Van Horen, Neeltje
International Financial Integration through the Law of One Price : The Role of Liquidity and Capital Controls
relation http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
description This paper takes advantage of the fact that some stocks trade both in domestic and international markets to characterize the degree of international financial integration. The paper argues that the cross-market premium (the ratio between the domestic and the international market price of cross-listed stocks) provides a valuable measure of international financial integration and the effectiveness of capital controls. Using autoregressive (AR) models to estimate convergence speeds and non-linear threshold autoregressive (TAR) models to identify non-arbitrage bands, the paper shows that price deviations across markets are rapidly arbitraged away and bands are narrow, particularly so for liquid stocks. The paper also shows that regulations on cross-border capital flows effectively segment domestic markets. As expected, the effects of both types of capital controls are asymmetric but in the opposite direction: controls on outflows induce positive premia, while controls on inflows generate negative premia. Both vary with the intensity of capital controls.
format Journal Article
author Levy Yeyati, Eduardo
Schmukler, Sergio L.
Van Horen, Neeltje
author_facet Levy Yeyati, Eduardo
Schmukler, Sergio L.
Van Horen, Neeltje
author_sort Levy Yeyati, Eduardo
title International Financial Integration through the Law of One Price : The Role of Liquidity and Capital Controls
title_short International Financial Integration through the Law of One Price : The Role of Liquidity and Capital Controls
title_full International Financial Integration through the Law of One Price : The Role of Liquidity and Capital Controls
title_fullStr International Financial Integration through the Law of One Price : The Role of Liquidity and Capital Controls
title_full_unstemmed International Financial Integration through the Law of One Price : The Role of Liquidity and Capital Controls
title_sort international financial integration through the law of one price : the role of liquidity and capital controls
publishDate 2012
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4683
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