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The role of asymmetric information among investors in the foreign exchange market

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Esen Onur (Department of Economics, California State University, Sacramento 6000J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819-6082, USA)
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This paper posits asymmetric information as the missing link between the currency demands of investors and changes in the exchange rate. A theoretical model demonstrates that changes in the exchange rate and currency demand are positively correlated for well-informed investors and negatively correlated for less well-informed investors, results consistent with stylized facts from the empirical literature. These theoretical findings are supported empirically using a new data set from the Israeli foreign exchange market. The empirical analysis indicates that a one million dollar larger purchase than sales by well-informed financial investors induces an increase of 0.060 per cent in the Israeli Sheqel|Dollar exchange rate over a one month period. A similar net flow from less well-informed investors results in a 0.046 per cent decrease in the exchange rate. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Volume (Year): 13 (2008)
Issue (Month): 4 ()
Pages: 368-385
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